ANNEX 2

    ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE MONOGRAPHS

    ADI       acceptable daily intake
    AP        see SAP
    ASAT      aspartate aminotransferase
    BSP       bromsulphalein
    BUN       blood urea nitrogen
    bw        body weight
    CBI       Covalent Binding Index
    CHO       Chinese hamster ovary
    CNS       central nervous system
    d         day
    DNA       deoxyribonucleic acid
    ECG       electrocardiograph
    FAD       flavin adenine dinucleotide
    FAO       Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
                Nations
    FSH       follicle-stimulating hormone
    GOT       see SGOT
    GPT       see SGPT
    h         hour
    Hb        hemoglobin
    HPLC      high pressure liquid chromatography
    i.m.      intramuscular
    i.p.      intraperitoneal
    IPCS      International Programme on Chemical Safety
    i.v.      intravenous
    JECFA     Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives
    LD50      lethal dose, median
    LH        leutonizing hormone
    MCV       mean cell volume
    NADH      nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced)
    NADPH     nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (reduced)
    NOEL      no-observed-effect level
    PCV       packed cell volume (haematocrit)
    p.o.      per os
    ppm       parts per million
    RBC       red blood cell (erythrocyte count)
    SAP       serum alkaline phosphatase
    s.c.      subcutaneous
    SCE       sister chromatid exchange
    SGOT      serum glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase
    SGPT      serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase
    T3        tri-iodothyronine
    T4        thyroxine
    TBA       trenbolone acetate
    TBOH      trenbolone (alpha-TBOH: 17-alpha-hydroxytrenbolone; ß-TBOH:
                17-ß-hydroxytrenbolone;

    TLC       thin layer chromatography
    TSH       thyrotropin
    WBC       white blood cell (total leukocyte count)
    WHO       World Health Organization

    See Also:
       Toxicological Abbreviations