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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: dermal

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: dermal
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Toxicological and pharmacological effects of gadolinium and samarium chlorides
Author:
T. J. Haley, K. Raymond, N. Komesu, and H. C. Upham
Year:
1961
Bibliographic source:
Br J Pharmacol Chemother. 1961 December; 17(3): 526–532

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 434 (Acute Dermal Toxicity - Fixed Dose Procedure)
GLP compliance:
not specified
Test type:
fixed dose procedure

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Samarium (III) chloride hexahydrate
EC Number:
233-797-0
EC Name:
Samarium (III) chloride hexahydrate
Cas Number:
10361-82-7
Molecular formula:
Cl3Sm
IUPAC Name:
samarium (III) chloride hexahydrate
Details on test material:
- purity 99%

Test animals

Species:
rabbit
Sex:
not specified

Administration / exposure

Type of coverage:
not specified
Vehicle:
unchanged (no vehicle)
Details on dermal exposure:
The method of Draize, Woodward & Calvery (1944) was used to study skin irritation in rabbits.
Control animals:
not specified

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Sex:
not specified
Dose descriptor:
other: no irritation occured
Based on:
test mat.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Direct application of samarium chloride crystals to intact rabbit skin produced no irritation within 24 hr and no delayed reaction after 72 hr. There was a very severe reaction by abraded skin resulting in the maximum irritation index of 8 within 24 hr. No change was observed within 72 hr, and within 7 days perforating ulcers 25 to 30 mm in diameter developed with penetration through the skin to the underlying muscle layers. Inasmuch as healing did not occur, the animals were killed at 14 days. The differences in response between intact and abraded skin may be related to the liberation of nascent hydrochloric acid by tissue fluids.

Applicant's summary and conclusion