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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: oral

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
weight of evidence
Study period:
1967
Reliability:
4 (not assignable)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
secondary literature

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Investigation on the nervous effects of N,N-Dinitroso-pentamethylen-tetramine (Mikrofor N) in rats
Author:
Desi, I., Bordas, S., Lehotzky, K. and Hajtman, B.
Year:
1967
Bibliographic source:
Med. Lavoro, Vol. 58, n1, 22-31 (1967)

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
6w oral and i.p. administration including preliminary experiments on acute i.p. toxic effects; acute poisening test (Bordas and Sziza)
GLP compliance:
no
Test type:
other: not specified
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
3,7-dinitroso-1,3,5,7-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
EC Number:
202-928-3
EC Name:
3,7-dinitroso-1,3,5,7-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
Cas Number:
101-25-7
Molecular formula:
C5H10N6O2
IUPAC Name:
3,7-dinitroso-1,3,5,7-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane
Test material form:
solid
Details on test material:
- Chemical name: Dinitrosopentamethylenetetramine
- CAS: 101-25-7
- EC: 202-928-3
- MW: 186.17 g/mol
- pale yellow crystalline powder

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
not specified
Sex:
not specified

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
other: oral: unspecified and i.p.
Vehicle:
other: aqueous suspension stabilized with acacia gum
Details on oral exposure:
no further details
Doses:
Acute oral: 940 mg/kg
Acute i.p.: 640, 420, 280, 200 mg/kg
Subacute i.p.: 180, 150, 120, 80 mg/kg/d
No. of animals per sex per dose:
Acute oral/i.p.: not specified in detail (i.p. 1-6)
Subacute: 6 EEG group, 10 conditioned reflex group
Control animals:
other: vehicle control group in the subacute experiment
Details on study design:
Acute toxicity was tested in preliminary experiments (oral and i.p., not specified in detail).
In the main experiment, the subacute i.p. toxicity regarding nervous effects was tested in rats including an EEG group and a conditioned reflex group.
Statistics:
Not specified

Results and discussion

Effect levelsopen allclose all
Key result
Sex:
not specified
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
940 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Sex:
not specified
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Remarks:
subacute (6 w)
Effect level:
253 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Sex:
not specified
Dose descriptor:
LD100
Remarks:
subacute (6w)
Effect level:
470 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Mortality:
Not specified in detail
Clinical signs:
other: Preliminary test (acute i.p.): spasmodic attacks; acute oral no details Subacute experiment: At beginning free of symptoms then sudden onset of spasms
Gross pathology:
No data for acute administration
Other findings:
Subacute experiment: Changes in the nervous system at higher doses i.p.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
Category 4 based on GHS criteria
Conclusions:
The acute oral toxicity was tested in preliminary experiments resulting in a LD50 of 940 mg/kg bw.