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Phenolic benzotriazoles: a class comparison of toxicokinetics of ultraviolet-light absorbers in male rats

Suramya Waidyanatha, Esra Mutlu, Seth Gibbs, Jessica Pierfelice, Jeremy P. Smith, Brian Burback, and Chad T. Blystone

PMID: 33952035

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22427/NTP-DATA-002-03291-0028-0000-7

Publication

Abstract

1. Phenolic benzotriazoles are ultraviolet-light absorbers used in a variety of industrial and consumer applications. We investigated the toxicokinetic behavior of 9 compounds, covering unsubstituted, monosubstituted, disubstituted, and trisubstituted compounds, following a single gavage (30 and 300 mg/kg) and intravenous (IV) (2.25 mg/kg) administration in male rats.

2. Following IV administration, no distinct pattern in plasma elimination was observed for the compounds with half-lives ranging from 15.4-84.8 h. Systemic exposure parameters, maximum concentration (Cmax) and area under the concentration time curve (AUC), generally increased with the degree of substitution.

3. Following gavage administration, Cmax and AUC of unsubstituted compound were lower compared to the substituted compounds. Cmax and AUC increased ≤7-fold with a 10-fold increase in the dose except for the AUC of the unsubstituted compound where the increase was 30-fold. Plasma elimination half-lives for the class ranged from 1.57 to 192 h with the exception of 30 mg/kg drometrizole.

4. Oral bioavailability was low with ~ 6% estimated for unsubstituted compound and 12.8-23% for others at 30 mg/kg dose. Bioavailability was lower following administration of the higher dose.

5. Taken collectively, these data point to low oral absorption of phenolic benzotriazoles. The absorption decreased with increasing dose. Substituted compounds are less metabolized compared to the unsubstituted.

Toxicokinetics

Octrizole

2-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylpropyl)phenol

2-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenol

Drometrizole

Bumetrizole

2‑(5‑Chloro-2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4,6-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol

2-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)phenol

2‑(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-tert-butylphenol

3-(2H-Benzotriazol-2-yl)-5-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxybenzenepropanoic acid, octyl ester