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Administrative data

Endpoint:
eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
guideline study

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
2019
Report date:
2019

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 437 (Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability Test Method for Identifying Ocular Corrosives and Severe Irritants)
GLP compliance:
yes (incl. QA statement)

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
1,2,4,5-tetramethyl-1H-imidazole
EC Number:
217-100-7
EC Name:
1,2,4,5-tetramethyl-1H-imidazole
Cas Number:
1739-83-9
Molecular formula:
C7H12N2
IUPAC Name:
tetramethyl-1H-imidazole

Results and discussion

In vitro

Results
Irritation parameter:
in vitro irritation score
Value:
273.88

Any other information on results incl. tables

Two experiments were performed. The first experiment was discontinued due to organisational reasons. The second experiment performed was valid and reported here.

Bovine corneas were used. They were collected from slaughtered cattle that were between 12 and 60 months old.

The test item1,2,4,5-Tetramethylimidazolewas applied onto the cornea of a bovine eye which had been previously incubated with cMEM without phenol red at 32 ± 1 °C for 1 hour and whose opacity had been measured.

The test item was incubated on the cornea for 4 hours at 32 ± 1 °C. After removal of the test item, opacity and permeability values were measured.

Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution (HBSS) was used as negative control. The negative control showed no irritating effect on the cornea and the calculated mean IVIS (In VitroIrritancy Score) was 1.09.

20% imidazole solution was used as positive control. The positive control induced serious eye damage on the cornea and was within two standard deviations of the current historical mean. The calculated mean IVIS was 116.38.

 

Under the conditions of this study, the test item1,2,4,5-Tetramethylimidazoleinduced serious eye damage on the cornea of the bovine eye. The calculated mean IVIS was 273.88.

According to OECD Guideline no. 437 (Oct. 2017), a substance with an IVIS > 55 induces serious eye damage, that should be classified as UN GHS Category I.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
Category 1 (irreversible effects on the eye) based on GHS criteria
Conclusions:
The calculated mean IVIS was 273.88.