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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1979
Report date:
1979

Materials and methods

Principles of method if other than guideline:
according to BASF-internal standard
GLP compliance:
no
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine
EC Number:
230-819-0
EC Name:
2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine
Cas Number:
7328-91-8
Molecular formula:
C5H14N2
IUPAC Name:
2,2-dimethylpropane-1,3-diamine
Details on test material:
Name of the test substance used in the study report: Neopentandiamin (= 1,3-Diamino-2,2-dimethylpropan)

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Sprague-Dawley
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
A standardized animal laboratory diet was used.
Fasting period: 15 - 20 h before administration.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Details on oral exposure:
The test concentrations used were 6.81, 10 and 14.7% (G/V); aqueous solution.
Application volume: 10 ml/kg.
Doses:
681, 1000, and 1470 mg/kg
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
- Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
- Necropsy of survivors performed: yes
- Other examinations performed: clinical signs, body weight

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
1 020 mg/kg bw
Mortality:
Male animals: 681 mg/kg: 1/5 after 14 days; 1000 mg/kg: 3/5 after 14 days; 1470 mg/kg: 5/5 after 14 days
Female animals: 681 and 1000 mg/kg: no deaths after 14 days; 1470 mg/kg: 5/5 after 14 days
Clinical signs:
Dyspnea, gasping, apathy, abnormal position, staggering, atony, pain and cornea reflexes missing, spastic gait, urine intense yellow-coloured, ruffled fur, exophthalmos, blood in the nose, breathlessness, poor general state
Body weight:
Mean body weight for male animals: 260 g at study start, 318 g after 13 days
Mean body weight for female animals: 187 g at study start, 253 g after 13 days
Gross pathology:
Animals that died: heart: acute dilatation (right), acute congestive hyperemia; lung: acute flatulence (middle-graded); liver: peripheral lobular pattern; stomach: dilated, atonic, glandular stomach diffusely reddened (severe irritative gastritis); intestine: diffuse reddening of the mucosa, atonic, diarrheic content (enteritis).
Sacrificed animals: nothing abnormal detected.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
Category 4 based on GHS criteria
Conclusions:
The LD50 acute oral was 1020 mg/kg bw.