[Effect of several inhibitors of atmospheric metal corrosion (amines of the polymethylene series) on embryogenesis].

The influence of some polymethylene amines (inhibitors protecting metals from atmospheric corrosion) on the generative function in general and on the embryogenesis in particular was studied. Such inhibitors as MCDA-II (dicyclohexylamine salt dissolving in oil), HDA (dicyclohexylamine nitrate) and M-I (cyclohexylamine salt dissolving in oil) were investigated by intraorganic injection during the whole course of gestation (21 days), 2 and 4 months. The compounds in question were stated to possess a pronounced gonado- and embryotoxic effect depending on the dose and chemical composition of the substance. The least active was M-I inhibitor. Doses not affecting rat gonades were: for HDA--0.825 mg/kg, MCDA-II--4.7 mg/kg, M-I--34.9 mg/kg; their embryonic effects were 0.54, 2.35 and 349 mg/kg respectively.