Ethoxyquin: An Antioxidant Used in Animal Feed

Table 4

Harmful effects of EQ observed after its oral administration in different animals or in humans (contact exposure).

The harmful effect	Animals
Loss of weight	Marmosets^1, rats^2, dogs^2, mice^2, rabbits^3
Changes in liver	Marmosets^1, rats^1,4, dogs^2, mice^2, broiler chickens^2, tilapia^5
Changes in kidney	Marmosets^1, rats^2,6,7, dogs^2, broiler chickens^2,8
Changes in alimentary duct	Marmosets^1, dogs^2, mice^2, broiler chickens^2,8
Changes in urinary bladder	Rats^2
Anemia	Marmosets^1
Changes in mitochondria	Rats^2
Lethargy	Rabbits^3
Colored urine, skin, or fur	Dogs^2, rats^2
Increase in mortality	Broiler chickens^2,8
Effect on immunity	Tilapia^5
Condition factor: the final body weight in relation to body length of fish	Large yellow croaker^9
Allergy (contact exposure)	Humans^10,11,12

1McIntosh et al. [58], ²Drewhurst [13], ³Little [10],⁴Ito et al. [59], ⁵Yamashita et al. [60], ⁶Neal et al. [61], ⁷Manson et al. [53], ⁸Leong and Brown [62], ⁹Wang et al. [63], ¹⁰Rodríguez-Trabado et al. [9], ¹¹Brandao [5], ¹²Savini et al. [6].