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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:
key study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1996
Report date:
1996

Materials and methods

Test guidelineopen allclose all
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
EU Method B.1 bis (Acute Oral Toxicity - Fixed Dose Procedure)
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 420 (Acute Oral Toxicity - Fixed Dose Method)
GLP compliance:
yes
Test type:
fixed dose procedure
Limit test:
no

Test material

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Sprague-Dawley
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
Equal number of male and female CD rats of origing Sprague-Dawley (Hsd:Sprague-Dawley(CD)) were used.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Remarks:
Distilled water solution-containing 20% w/v of RSS-4 dry substance.
Doses:
2000 mg/kg bw
No. of animals per sex per dose:
Preliminary sighting study: 0 (male)
Preliminary sighting study: 0 (female)
Main study: 5 (male)
Main study: 5 (female)
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
Preliminary sighting study:
No preliminary study carried out.

Results and discussion

Preliminary study:
2000 mg/kg bw: Evident toxicity: N; Mortality: N
500 mg/kg bw: not administered
50 mg/kg bw: not administered
5 mg/kg bw: not administered
<5 mg/kg bw: not administered

mg/kg bw: Evident toxicity: ; Mortality:
Effect levelsopen allclose all
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
discriminating dose
Effect level:
> 2 000 mg/kg bw
Dose descriptor:
other: 2000 mg/kg bw (fixed dose initial)
Remarks on result:
other: No. with evident toxicity: ; No. of deaths: 0; No. of animals used: 5
Clinical signs:
Signs of toxicity:
There were no deaths.Clinical signs of reaction to treatment
comprised of piloerection,hunched posture,waddling
gait,lethargy,respiratory disruption,partially closed
eyelids,pallor of the extremities,walking on
toes,unsteadiness,cold extremities and an ungroomed
appearance seen in all rats with faecal disturbances and
prostration notable in one or more males.

All but piloerection had resolved by Day 4 with the recovery
from the latter complete in all instances by Day 7.
Gross pathology:
Effects on organs:
No effects
Other findings:
All rats achieved satisfactory bodyweight gain throughout
the study.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
not classified
Remarks:
Migrated information