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EC number: 203-419-9 | CAS number: 106-65-0
Repeated dose toxicity: inhalation
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- sub-chronic toxicity: inhalation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- other information
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Dicarboxylic acid (C4–C6) dimethylester, mixture (dimethyl succinate, dimethyl adipate, dimethyl glutarate and their mixture)
- Year:
- 2 007
- Bibliographic source:
- The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety
Materials and methods
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Dimethyl succinate
- EC Number:
- 203-419-9
- EC Name:
- Dimethyl succinate
- Cas Number:
- 106-65-0
- Molecular formula:
- C6H10O4
- IUPAC Name:
- dimethyl succinate
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Sprague-Dawley
- Sex:
- male/female
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- inhalation: aerosol
- Type of inhalation exposure:
- not specified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- not specified
- Duration of treatment / exposure:
- 13 weeks + 1 month recovery
- Frequency of treatment:
- 5 days/week - 6 hours/day
Doses / concentrations
- Dose / conc.:
- 400 mg/m³ air
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 26 animal per sex + 10 animals per group observed for recovery.
- Control animals:
- yes
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEC
- Effect level:
- < 400 mg/m³ air
Any other information on results incl. tables
At 400 mg/m3: body weight ↓, nose: degeneration/atrophy (not reversible) in the dorsomedial aspect of the dorsal endoturbinates and focal respiratory metaplasia of the olfactory mucosa of the dorsal meatus and degeneration/atrophy
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- Under the test conditions, several adverse effects were observed in rats after repeated inhalation exposure to the substance at 400 mg/m3.
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