Rosin, maleated

Genetic toxicity: in vitro

Administrative data

Endpoint:

in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: see 'Remark'

Remarks:

Study conducted in compliance with agreed protocols, with no or minor deviations from standard test guidelines and/or minor methodological deficiencies, which do not affect the quality of the relevant results. The study report was conclusive, done to a valid guideline and the study was conducted under GLP conditions.

Justification for type of information:

A discussion and report on the read across strategy is given as an attachment in Section 13.

Cross-reference

Reason / purpose for cross-reference:

read-across: supporting information

Reference

Endpoint:

in vitro gene mutation study in bacteria

Type of information:

read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: see 'Remark'

Remarks:

Study conducted in compliance with agreed protocols, with no or minor deviations from standard test guidelines and/or minor methodological deficiencies, which do not affect the quality of the relevant results. The study report was conclusive, done to a valid guideline and the study was conducted under GLP conditions.

Justification for type of information:

A discussion and report on the read across strategy is given as an attachment in Section 13.

Reason / purpose for cross-reference:

read-across source

Species / strain:

E. coli WP2 uvr A

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity

Remarks:

Tested up to maximum recommended dose of 5000 µg/plate

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98 and TA 100

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations

Remarks:

Tested up to maximum recommended dose of 5000 µg/plate

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Additional information on results:

Mutation Test
Prior to use, the master strains were checked for characteristics, viability and spontaneous reversion rate (all were found to be satisfactory). The amino acid supplemented top agar and S9 mix used in both experiments was shown to be sterile. The culture density for each bacterial strain was also checked and considered acceptable. These data are not given in the report.
Results for the negative controls (spontaneous mutation rates) are presented in Table 1 and were considered to be acceptable. These data are for concurrent untreated control plates performed on the same day as the Mutation Test.
The individual plate counts, the mean number of revertant colonies and the standard deviations, for the test material, positive and vehicle controls, bothwith and without metabolic activation, are presented in Table 2 and Table 3 for Experiment 1 and Table 4 and Table 5 for Experiment 2.
A history profile of vehicle and positive control values for 2008 and 2009 is presented in Appendix 1.
In the range-finding test (Experiment 1 – plate incorporation method) the test material caused no visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawn at any dose level in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. However, in the second experiment (pre-incubation methodology) the test material caused a visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawns of all of the Salmonella tester stains dosed in the absence of S9-mix at and above 500 µg/plate. No toxicity was noted to any of the bacterial strains dosed in the presence of S9-mix or Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA- in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. The test material was, therefore, tested up to the toxic limit or the maximum recommended dose level of 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial strain type, presence or absence of S9-mix and Experiment number. A particulate precipitate was noted at 5000 µg/plate, this observation did not prevent the scoring of revertant colonies.
No significant increases in the frequency of revertant colonies were recorded for any of the strains of bacteria, at any dose level either with or without metabolic activation or exposure method.
All of the positive control chemicals used in the test induced marked increases in the frequency of revertant colonies thus confirming the activity of the S9-mix and the sensitivity of the bacterial strains.

Remarks on result:

other: all strains/cell types tested

Remarks:

Migrated from field 'Test system'.

Preliminary Toxicity Test

The test material was non-toxic to the strains of bacteria used (TA100 and WP2uvrA^-). The test material formulation and S9-mix used in this experiment were both shown to be sterile.

The numbers of revertant colonies for the toxicity assay were:

With (+) or without (-) S9-mix	Strain	Dose (µg/plate)
		0	0.15	0.5	1.5	5	15	50	150	500	1500	5000
-	TA100	106	119	103	123	109	112	111	92	112	103	108P
+	TA100	99	115	83	100	113	103	106	120	95	78	110P
-	WP2uvrA^-	33	28	27	22	22	17	21	18	21	19	30P
+	WP2uvrA^-	37	34	22	29	31	30	33	40	36	32	35P

P         Precipitate

Table1              Spontaneous Mutation Rates (Concurrent Negative Controls)

EXPERIMENT 1

Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
Base-pair substitution type						Frameshift type
TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^-		TA98		TA1537
93		14		43		13		11
120	(110)	13	(16)	24	(33)	23	(19)	11	(12)
118		22		33		20		14

EXPERIMENT 2

Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
Base-pair substitution type						Frameshift type
TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^-		TA98		TA1537
100		20		21		22		5
102	(101)	18	(19)	16	(20)	22	(22)	7	(7)
100		18		24		21		9
92		14				18		10
100	(89)†	21	(16)†			29	(22)†	23	(16)†
75		14				20		14

†  Experimental procedure performed at a later date (without S9-mix only) due to excessive toxicity in the original test

Table2              Test Results: Experiment 1 – Without Metabolic Activation

Test period		From: 17 January 2010					To: 20 January 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
-	0	121 122 104	(116) 10.1#	30 29 29	(29) 0.6	41 40 34		(38) 3.8	19 20 26	(22) 3.8	24 10 22	(19) 7.6
-	50	99 110 102	(104) 5.7	31 24 30	(28) 3.8	29 40 41		(37) 6.7	27 24 19	(23) 4.0	12 11 16	(13) 2.6
-	150	93 93 92	(93) 0.6	29 31 26	(29) 2.5	34 42 34		(37) 4.6	24 14 12	(17) 6.4	24 12 13	(16) 6.7
-	500	82 82 90	(85) 4.6	15 30 20	(22) 7.6	42 37 37		(39) 2.9	14 21 16	(17) 3.6	7 5 15	(9) 5.3
-	1500	86 93 96	(92) 5.1	27 24 25	(25) 1.5	38 38 41		(39) 1.7	24 24 14	(21) 5.8	22 15 14	(17) 4.4
-	5000	84 P 86 P 97 P	(89) 7.0	21 P 21 P 9 P	(17) 6.9	41 P 41 P 26 P		(36) 8.7	18 P 21 P 30 P	(23) 6.2	22 P 18 P 15 P	(18) 3.5
Positive controls   S9-Mix   -	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	ENNG		ENNG		ENNG			4NQO		9AA
		3		5		2			0.2		80
		530 657 665	(617) 75.7	1521 1622 1317	(1487) 155.4	913 956 898		(922) 30.1	153 156 188	(166) 19.4	595 896 1010	(834) 214.4

ENNG N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

4NQO 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide

9AA    9-Aminoacridine

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Table3              Test Results: Experiment 1 – With Metabolic Activation

Test period		From: 17 January 2010					To: 20 January 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
+	0	91 104 91	(95) 7.5#	15 16 18	(16) 1.5	42 47 31		(40) 8.2	24 33 31	(29) 4.7	15 18 9	(14) 4.6
+	50	89 91 89	(90) 1.2	11 13 11	(12) 1.2	37 41 48		(42) 5.6	31 31 33	(32) 1.2	7 23 13	(14) 8.1
+	150	87 91 114	(97) 14.6	7 9 18	(11) 5.9	36 36 44		(39) 4.6	22 26 18	(22) 4.0	20 16 12	(16) 4.0
+	500	89 80 79	(83) 5.5	10 20 8	(13) 6.4	36 30 33		(33) 3.0	29 29 31	(30) 1.2	7 16 15	(13) 4.9
+	1500	82 74 81	(79) 4.4	16 15 11	(14) 2.6	45 38 34		(39) 5.6	15 21 25	(20) 5.0	12 16 11	(13) 2.6
+	5000	70 P 80 P 75 P	(75) 5.0	15 P 13 P 22 P	(17) 4.7	27 P 46 P 43 P		(39) 10.2	11 P 34 P 31 P	(25) 12.5	21 P 14 P 14 P	(16) 4.0
Positive controls   S9-Mix   +	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	2AA		2AA		2AA			BP		2AA
		1		2		10			5		2
		846 1120 1065	(1010) 144.9	187 231 228	(215) 24.6	247 276 297		(273) 25.1	97 157 152	(135) 33.3	242 290 307	(280) 33.7

2AA    2-Aminoanthracene

BP      Benzo(a)pyrene

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Table4              Test Results: Experiment 2 – Without Metabolic Activation

Test Period		From: 02 February 2010 From: 06 February 2010†					To: 05 February 2010 To: 09 February 2010†
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100†		TA1535†		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98†		TA1537†
-	0	86 84 77	(82) 4.7#	14 14 24	(17) 5.8	24 19 21		(21) 2.5	17 15 15	(16) 1.2	8 11 9	(9) 1.5
-	1.5	90 77 74	(80) 8.5	15 14 11	(13) 2.1	N/T			12 9 25	(15) 8.5	18 9 9	(12) 5.2
-	5	91 82 88	(87) 4.6	17 17 16	(17) 0.6	N/T			12 13 13	(13) 0.6	12 5 11	(9) 3.8
-	15	85 89 83	(86) 3.1	8 15 13	(12) 3.6	N/T			10 8 14	(11) 3.1	9 10 10	(10) 0.6
-	50	77 80 87	(81) 5.1	13 20 17	(17) 3.5	25 24 20		(23) 2.6	7 20 14	(14) 6.5	12 9 9	(10) 1.7
-	150	66 73 76	(72) 5.1	17 12 14	(14) 2.5	24 13 24		(20) 6.4	16 14 13	(14) 1.5	3 5 6	(5) 1.5
-	500	68 S 63 S 50 S	(60) 9.3	5 S 15 S 8 S	(9) 5.1	19 20 19		(19) 0.6	18 S 10 S 11 S	(13) 4.4	5 S 3 S 4 S	(4) 1.0
-	1500	62 S 65 S 47 S	(58) 9.6	0 V 0 V 0 V	(0) 0.0	22 22 24		(23) 1.2	8 S 4 S 4 S	(5) 2.3	5 S 2 S 2 S	(3) 1.7
-	5000	N/T		N/T		21 P 21 P 27 P		(23) 3.5	N/T		N/T
Positive controls   S9-Mix   -	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	ENNG		ENNG		ENNG			4NQO		9AA
		3		5		2			0.2		80
		603 621 680	(635) 40.3	1144 1720 1656	(1507) 315.7	645 681 685		(670) 22.0	154 157 143	(151) 7.4	1232 1857 1822	(1637) 351.2

ENNG N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

4NQO 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide

9AA    9-Aminoacridine

†         Experimental procedure performed at a later date due to excessive toxicity in the original test

N/T     Not tested at this dose level

P        Precipitate

S        Sparse bacterial background lawn

V        Very weak bacterial background lawn

#        Standard deviation

Table5              Test Results: Experiment 2 – With Metabolic Activation

Test Period		From: 02 February 2010					To: 05 February 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
+	0	93 99 97	(96) 3.1#	12 18 18	(16) 3.5	21 17 17		(18) 2.3	27 27 28	(27) 0.6	15 13 13	(14) 1.2
+	50	111 96 96	(101) 8.7	15 13 12	(13) 1.5	20 26 21		(22) 3.2	27 29 28	(28) 1.0	9 12 10	(10) 1.5
+	150	105 104 102	(104) 1.5	12 11 10	(11) 1.0	20 22 19		(20) 1.5	22 30 32	(28) 5.3	13 12 10	(12) 1.5
+	500	107 108 81	(99) 15.3	14 12 11	(12) 1.5	16 18 24		(19) 4.2	25 24 18	(22) 3.8	11 9 11	(10) 1.2
+	1500	92 111 112	(105) 11.3	15 10 12	(12) 2.5	16 19 20		(18) 2.1	31 18 31	(27) 7.5	17 13 12	(14) 2.6
+	5000	103 P 103 P 116 P	(107) 7.5	13 P 13 P 19 P	(15) 3.5	21 P 21 P 22 P		(21) 0.6	28 P 28 P 28 P	(28) 0.0	13 P 14 P 16 P	(14) 1.5
Positive controls   S9-Mix   +	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	2AA		2AA		2AA			BP		2AA
		1		2		10			5		2
		1188 1298 1294	(1260) 62.4	252 225 227	(235) 15.0	421 440 391		(417) 24.7	194 188 138	(173) 30.7	244 214 222	(227) 15.5

2AA    2-Aminoanthracene

BP      Benzo(a)pyrene

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Conclusions:

Interpretation of results: negative

Based on an absence of genotoxic/mutagenic effects in a bacterial reverse mutation test with Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535 or TA 1537, or in E. coli strain WP2, with or without metabolic activation, rosin, fumarated, reaction products wiht formaldehyde is not classifiable for Germ Cell Mutagenicity according to Directive 67/548/EEC, the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) or the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008.

Executive summary:

This data is being read across from the source study that tested Rosin, fumarated, reaction products with formaldehyde based on category read across that is explained in the category justification document attached in Section 13 of the dossier.

The method conforms to the guidelines for bacterial mutagenicity testing published by the major Japanese Regulatory Authorities including METI, MHLW and MAFF. It also meets the requirents of the OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals No. 471 "Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test", Method B13/14 of Commission Regulation (EC) Number 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 and the USA, EPA (TSCA) OPPTS harmonised guidelines.

Methods

Salmonella typhimurium strains TA1535, TA1537, TA98, TA100 and Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA^-were treated with the test material using both the Ames plate incorporation and pre-incubation methods at up to seven dose levels, in triplicate, both with and without the addition of a rat liver homogenate metabolising system (10% liver S9 in standard co-factors). The dose range was determined in a preliminary toxicity assay and was 50 to 5000 µg/plate in the first experiment (plate incorporation). The experiment was repeated (pre-incubation) on a separate day using an amended dose range, fresh cultures of the bacterial strains and fresh test material formulations. The dose levels used ranged between 1.5 and 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial tester strain type and exposures in the absence or presence of S9-mix.

Additional dose levels and an expanded dose range were selected (where applicable) in order to achieve both four non-toxic dose levels and the toxic limit of the test material.

Results

The vehicle (acetone) control plates gave counts of revertant colonies within the normal range. All of the positive control chemicals used in the test induced marked increases in the frequency of revertant colonies, both with or without metabolic activation. Thus, the sensitivity of the assay and the efficacy of the S9-mix were validated.

In the range-finding test (Experiment 1 – plate incorporation method) the test material caused no visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawn at any dose level in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. However, in the second experiment (pre-incubation methodology) the test material caused a visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawns of all of the Salmonella tester stains dosed in the absence of S9-mix at and above 500 µg/plate. No toxicity was noted to any of the bacterial strains dosed in the presence of S9-mix or Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA^-in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. The test material was, therefore, tested up to the toxic limit or the maximum recommended dose level of 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial strain type, presence or absence of S9-mix and Experiment number. A particulate precipitate was noted at 5000 µg/plate, this observation did not prevent the scoring of revertant colonies.

No significant increases in the frequency of revertant colonies were recorded for any of the bacterial strains, with any dose of the test material, either with or without metabolic activation or exposure method.

Conclusion

The test material was considered to be non-mutagenic under the conditions of this test.

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2010

Report date:

2010

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 471 (Bacterial Reverse Mutation Assay)

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EU Method B.13/14 (Mutagenicity - Reverse Mutation Test Using Bacteria)

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 3

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

JAPAN: Guidelines for Screening Mutagenicity Testing Of Chemicals

Deviations:

no

Test guideline 4

Qualifier:

equivalent or similar to guideline

Guideline:

EPA OPPTS 870.5100 - Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test (August 1998)

Version / remarks:

Meets the requirements of the Japanese Regulatory Authorities including METI, MHLW and MAFF, OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals No. 471 "and the USA, EPA (TSCA) OPPTS harmonised guidelines.

Deviations:

no

GLP compliance:

yes (incl. QA statement)

Type of assay:

bacterial reverse mutation assay

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Rosin, fumarated, reaction product with formaldehyde

IUPAC Name:

Rosin, fumarated, reaction product with formaldehyde

Constituent 2

Reference substance name:

Rosin, fumarated, reaction products with formaldehyde

EC Number:

305-795-0

EC Name:

Rosin, fumarated, reaction products with formaldehyde

Cas Number:

95009-65-7

Molecular formula:

C25H35O6

Details on test material:

Sponsor's identification: CAS No 95009-65-7 rosin, fumarated, reaction product with formaldehyde
Supplier : BMI Kemi Sweden AB
Description : Amber coloured solid block
Batch number : 151009
Date received : 19 October 2009
Expiry date : No expiry date given
Storage conditions: Room temperature in the dark

Method

Target gene:

Histidine for Salmonella.
Tryptophan for E.Coli

Species / strain

Species / strain 1

Species / strain / cell type:

S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98 and TA 100

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

Not applicable.

Additional strain / cell type characteristics:

not applicable

Species / strain 2

Species / strain / cell type:

E. coli WP2 uvr A

Details on mammalian cell type (if applicable):

Not applicable.

Additional strain / cell type characteristics:

not applicable

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Metabolic activation system:

phenobarbitone/beta­naphthoflavone induced rat liver, S9

Test concentrations with justification for top dose:

Preliminary Toxicity Test: 0, 0.15, 0.5, 1.5, 5, 15, 50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate

Main test:
Experiment one: 50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate

Experiment two:
All Salmonella strains without S9-mix: 1.5, 5, 15, 50, 150, 500 and 1500 µg/plate.
All Salmonella strains (with S9-mix) and WP2uvrA- (with and without S9-mix): 50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate.

Additional dose levels and expanded dose range were selected (where applicable) in order to achieve both four non-toxic doses and the toxic limit of the test material.

Vehicle / solvent:

The test material was insoluble in dimethyl sulphoxide and dimethyl formamide at 50 mg/ml but was fully soluble in acetone at the same concentration in solubility checks performed in house. Following solubility information provided by the sponsor, sterile distilled water was not evaluated as a potential vehicle in this test system. Acetone was therefore selected as the vehicle.

Controls

Controls 1

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA100

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 2-Aminoanthracene: 1 µg/plate

Remarks:

With S9 mix

Controls 2

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA1535

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 2-Aminoanthracene: 2 µg/plate

Remarks:

With S9 mix

Controls 3

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA1537

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 2-Aminoanthracene: 2 µg/plate

Remarks:

With S9 mix

Controls 4

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of WP2uvrA

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

other: 2-Aminoanthracene: 10 µg/plate

Remarks:

With S9 mix

Controls 5

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA98

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

benzo(a)pyrene

Remarks:

With S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: Benzo(a)pyrene: 5 µg/plate

Controls 6

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA98

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide

Remarks:

without S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide: 0.2 µg/plate

Controls 7

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA1537

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

9-aminoacridine

Remarks:

without S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: 9-Aminoacridine: 80 µg/plate

Controls 8

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA100

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

no

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

N-ethyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

Remarks:

without S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine: 3 µg/plate

Controls 9

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of TA1535

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

N-ethyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

Remarks:

Without S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine: 5 µg/plate

Controls 10

Untreated negative controls:

yes

Remarks:

Spontaneous mutation rates of WP2uvrA

Negative solvent / vehicle controls:

yes

Remarks:

Acetone

True negative controls:

not specified

Positive controls:

yes

Positive control substance:

N-ethyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

Remarks:

Without S9 mix Migrated to IUCLID6: N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine: 2 µg/plate

Details on test system and experimental conditions:

Tester Strains
Salmonella typhimurium TA1535, TA1537, TA98 and TA100
Escherichia coli WP2uvrA-

The four strains of Salmonella used in the test were obtained either from the University of California, Berkeley, on culture discs, on 04 August 1995 or from Syngenta CTL, Alderley Edge, as frozen vials, on 20 March 2007. E. coli strain WP2uvrA- was obtained from the British Industrial Biological Research Association, on a nutrient agar plate, on 17 August 1987. All of the strains were stored at approximately ¯196°C in a Statebourne liquid nitrogen freezer, model SXR 34. Prior to the master strains being used, characterisation checks were carried out to confirm the amino-acid requirement, presence of rfa, R factors, uvrB or uvrA mutation and the spontaneous reversion rate (5).
In this assay, overnight sub-cultures of the appropriate coded stock cultures were prepared in nutrient broth (Oxoid Limited; lot number 757012 03/14) and incubated at 37°C for approximately 10 hours. Each culture was monitored spectrophotometrically for turbidity with titres determined by viable count analysis on nutrient agar plates.

Preparation of Test and Control Materials
The test material was insoluble in dimethyl sulphoxide and dimethyl formamide at 50 mg/ml but was fully soluble in acetone at the same concentration in solubility checks performed in house. Following solubility information provided by the sponsor, sterile distilled water was not evaluated as a potential vehicle in this test system. Acetone was therefore selected as the vehicle.
The test material was accurately weighed and approximate half-log dilutions prepared in acetone by mixing on a vortex mixer and sonication for 5 minutes at 40°C on the day of each experiment. No analysis was conducted to determine the homogeneity, concentration or stability of the test material formulation. This is an exception with regard to GLP and has been reflected in the GLP compliance statement. Prior to use, the solvent was dried to remove water using molecular sieves ie 2 mm sodium alumino silicate pellets with a nominal pore diameter of 4 x 10-4 microns.
Vehicle and positive controls were used in parallel with the test material. A solvent treatment group was used as the vehicle control and the positive control materials used in the series of plates without S9-mix were as follows:
N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG): 2 µg/plate for WP2uvrA-
N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG): 3 µg/plate for TA100
N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG): 5 µg/plate for TA1535
9-Aminoacridine (9AA): 80 µg/plate for TA1537
4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO): 0.2 µg/plate for TA98
In addition, 2-Aminoanthracene (2AA) and Benzo(a)pyrene (BP), which are non mutagenic in the absence of metabolising enzymes, were used in the series of plates with S9-mix at the following concentrations:

2-Aminoanthracene (2AA): 1 µg/plate for TA100
2-Aminoanthracene (2AA): 2 µg/plate for TA1535 and TA1537
2-Aminoanthracene (2AA): 10 µg/plate for WP2uvrA-
Benzo(a)pyrene (BP): 5 µg/plate for TA98

Microsomal Enzyme Fraction
S9 was prepared in-house on 13 September 2009 from the livers of male rats weighing approximately 200g. These had each orally received three consecutive daily doses of phenobarbitone/ β­naphthoflavone (80/100 mg per kg per day) prior to S9 preparation on Day 4. Before use, each batch of S9 was assayed for its ability to metabolise appropriate indirect mutagens used in the Ames Test. The S9 was stored at approximately ­196ºC.

S9-Mix and Agar
The S9-mix was prepared immediately before use using sterilised co-factors and maintained on ice for the duration of the test.
S9 5.0 ml
1.65 M KCl/0.4 M MgCl2 1.0 ml
0.1 M Glucose-6-phosphate 2.5 ml
0.1 M NADP 2.0 ml
0.2 M Sodium phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) 25.0 ml
Sterile distilled water 14.5 ml

A 0.5 ml aliquot of S9-mix and 2 ml of molten, trace histidine or tryptophan supplemented, top agar were overlaid onto a sterile Vogel-Bonner Minimal agar plate in order to assess the sterility of the S9-mix. This procedure was repeated, in triplicate, on the day of each experiment.
Top agar was prepared using 0.6% Bacto agar (lot number 8301157 09/13) and 0.5% sodium chloride with 5 ml of 1.0 mM histidine and 1.0 mM biotin or 1.0 mM tryptophan solution added to each 100 ml of top agar. Vogel-Bonner Minimal agar plates were purchased from ILS Limited (lot number 1098680 08/14).

Test Procedure
Preliminary Toxicity Test
In order to select appropriate dose levels for use in the main test, a preliminary test was carried out to determine the toxicity of the test material. The concentrations tested were 0, 0.15, 0.5, 1.5, 5, 15, 50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate. The test was performed by mixing 0.1 ml of bacterial culture (TA100 or WP2uvrA-), 2 ml of molten, trace histidine or tryptophan supplemented, top agar, 0.1 ml of test material formulation and 0.5 ml of S9-mix or phosphate buffer and overlaying onto sterile plates of Vogel-Bonner Minimal agar (30 ml/plate). Ten concentrations of the test material formulation and a vehicle control (acetone) were tested. In addition, 0.1 ml of the maximum concentration of the test material and 2 ml of molten, trace histidine or tryptophan supplemented, top agar were overlaid onto a sterile Nutrient agar plate in order to assess the sterility of the test material. After approximately 48 hours incubation at 37°C the plates were assessed for numbers of revertant colonies using a Domino colony counter and examined for effects on the growth of the bacterial background lawn.

Mutation Test - Experiment 1
Five concentrations of the test material (50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate) were assayed in triplicate against each tester strain, using the direct plate incorporation method.
Measured aliquots (0.1 ml) of one of the bacterial cultures were dispensed into sets of test tubes followed by 2.0 ml of molten, trace histidine or tryptophan supplemented, top agar, 0.1 ml of the test material formulation, vehicle or positive control and either 0.5 ml of S9-mix or phosphate buffer. The contents of each test tube were mixed and equally distributed onto the surface of Vogel-Bonner Minimal agar plates (one tube per plate). This procedure was repeated, in triplicate, for each bacterial strain and for each concentration of test material both with and without S9-mix.
All of the plates were incubated at 37°C for approximately 48 hours and the frequency of revertant colonies assessed using a Domino colony counter.

Mutation Test - Experiment 2
The second experiment was performed using fresh bacterial cultures, test material and control solutions. The test material dose range was amended, following the results of part of a terminated second experiment, and was as follows:
All Salmonella strains without S9-mix: 1.5, 5, 15, 50, 150, 500 and 1500 µg/plate.
All Salmonella strains (with S9-mix) and WP2uvrA- (with and without S9-mix): 50, 150, 500, 1500 and 5000 µg/plate.
Additional dose levels and expanded dose range were selected (where applicable) in order to achieve both four non-toxic doses and the toxic limit of the test material.
The test material formulations and vehicle control were dosed using the pre-incubation method as follows:
Measured aliquots (0.1 ml) of one of the bacterial cultures were dispensed into sets of test tubes followed by 0.5 ml of S9-mix or phosphate buffer and 0.05 ml of the vehicle or test material formulation (acetone is toxic to the bacterial cells above 0.05 ml when using the pre-incubation method) and incubated for 20 minutes at 37°C with shaking at approximately 130 rpm prior to the addition of 2 ml of molten, trace histidine or tryptophan supplemented, top agar. The contents of the tube were then mixed and equally distributed on the surface of Vogel-Bonner Minimal agar plates (one tube per plate). This procedure was repeated, in triplicate, for each bacterial strain and for each concentration of test material both with and without S9-mix.
The positive and untreated controls were dosed using the standard plate incorporation method described in Section "Mutation Test - Experiment 1".

Evaluation criteria:

Acceptance Criteria
The reverse mutation assay may be considered valid if the following criteria are met:
All tester strain cultures exhibit a characteristic number of spontaneous revertants per plate in the vehicle and untreated controls. Acceptable ranges are presented in the standard test method section 3 with historical control ranges for 2008 and 2009 in Appendix 1.
The appropriate characteristics for each tester strain have been confirmed, eg rfa cell-wall mutation and pKM101 plasmid R-factor etc.
All tester strain cultures should be in the range of 1 to 9.9 x 109 bacteria per ml.
Each mean positive control value should be at least twice the respective vehicle control value for each strain, thus demonstrating both the intrinsic sensitivity of the tester strains to mutagenic exposure and the integrity of the S9-mix. The historical control ranges for 2008 and 2009 are presented in Appendix 1.
There should be a minimum of four non-toxic test material dose levels.
There should be no evidence of excessive contamination.

Evaluation Criteria
There are several criteria for determining a positive result, such as a dose-related increase in revertant frequency over the dose range tested and/or a reproducible increase at one or more concentrations in at least one bacterial strain with or without metabolic activation. Biological relevance of the results will be considered first, statistical methods, as recommended by the UKEMS (6) can also be used as an aid to evaluation, however, statistical significance will not be the only determining factor for a positive response.
A test material will be considered non-mutagenic (negative) in the test system if the above criteria are not met.
Although most experiments will give clear positive or negative results, in some instances the data generated will prohibit a definitive judgement about the test material activity. Results of this type will be reported as equivocal.

Statistics:

Standard deviation

Results and discussion

Test results

Test results 1

Species / strain:

E. coli WP2 uvr A

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity

Remarks:

Tested up to maximum recommended dose of 5000 µg/plate

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Test results 2

Species / strain:

S. typhimurium TA 1535, TA 1537, TA 98 and TA 100

Metabolic activation:

with and without

Genotoxicity:

negative

Cytotoxicity / choice of top concentrations:

no cytotoxicity nor precipitates, but tested up to recommended limit concentrations

Remarks:

Tested up to maximum recommended dose of 5000 µg/plate

Vehicle controls validity:

valid

Untreated negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Additional information on results:

Mutation Test
Prior to use, the master strains were checked for characteristics, viability and spontaneous reversion rate (all were found to be satisfactory). The amino acid supplemented top agar and S9 mix used in both experiments was shown to be sterile. The culture density for each bacterial strain was also checked and considered acceptable. These data are not given in the report.
Results for the negative controls (spontaneous mutation rates) are presented in Table 1 and were considered to be acceptable. These data are for concurrent untreated control plates performed on the same day as the Mutation Test.
The individual plate counts, the mean number of revertant colonies and the standard deviations, for the test material, positive and vehicle controls, bothwith and without metabolic activation, are presented in Table 2 and Table 3 for Experiment 1 and Table 4 and Table 5 for Experiment 2.
A history profile of vehicle and positive control values for 2008 and 2009 is presented in Appendix 1.
In the range-finding test (Experiment 1 – plate incorporation method) the test material caused no visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawn at any dose level in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. However, in the second experiment (pre-incubation methodology) the test material caused a visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawns of all of the Salmonella tester stains dosed in the absence of S9-mix at and above 500 µg/plate. No toxicity was noted to any of the bacterial strains dosed in the presence of S9-mix or Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA- in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. The test material was, therefore, tested up to the toxic limit or the maximum recommended dose level of 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial strain type, presence or absence of S9-mix and Experiment number. A particulate precipitate was noted at 5000 µg/plate, this observation did not prevent the scoring of revertant colonies.
No significant increases in the frequency of revertant colonies were recorded for any of the strains of bacteria, at any dose level either with or without metabolic activation or exposure method.
All of the positive control chemicals used in the test induced marked increases in the frequency of revertant colonies thus confirming the activity of the S9-mix and the sensitivity of the bacterial strains.

Remarks on result:

other: all strains/cell types tested

Remarks:

Migrated from field 'Test system'.

Any other information on results incl. tables

Preliminary Toxicity Test

The test material was non-toxic to the strains of bacteria used (TA100 and WP2uvrA^-). The test material formulation and S9-mix used in this experiment were both shown to be sterile.

The numbers of revertant colonies for the toxicity assay were:

With (+) or without (-) S9-mix	Strain	Dose (µg/plate)
		0	0.15	0.5	1.5	5	15	50	150	500	1500	5000
-	TA100	106	119	103	123	109	112	111	92	112	103	108P
+	TA100	99	115	83	100	113	103	106	120	95	78	110P
-	WP2uvrA^-	33	28	27	22	22	17	21	18	21	19	30P
+	WP2uvrA^-	37	34	22	29	31	30	33	40	36	32	35P

P         Precipitate

Table1              Spontaneous Mutation Rates (Concurrent Negative Controls)

EXPERIMENT 1

Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
Base-pair substitution type						Frameshift type
TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^-		TA98		TA1537
93		14		43		13		11
120	(110)	13	(16)	24	(33)	23	(19)	11	(12)
118		22		33		20		14

EXPERIMENT 2

Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
Base-pair substitution type						Frameshift type
TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^-		TA98		TA1537
100		20		21		22		5
102	(101)	18	(19)	16	(20)	22	(22)	7	(7)
100		18		24		21		9
92		14				18		10
100	(89)†	21	(16)†			29	(22)†	23	(16)†
75		14				20		14

†  Experimental procedure performed at a later date (without S9-mix only) due to excessive toxicity in the original test

Table2              Test Results: Experiment 1 – Without Metabolic Activation

Test period		From: 17 January 2010					To: 20 January 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
-	0	121 122 104	(116) 10.1#	30 29 29	(29) 0.6	41 40 34		(38) 3.8	19 20 26	(22) 3.8	24 10 22	(19) 7.6
-	50	99 110 102	(104) 5.7	31 24 30	(28) 3.8	29 40 41		(37) 6.7	27 24 19	(23) 4.0	12 11 16	(13) 2.6
-	150	93 93 92	(93) 0.6	29 31 26	(29) 2.5	34 42 34		(37) 4.6	24 14 12	(17) 6.4	24 12 13	(16) 6.7
-	500	82 82 90	(85) 4.6	15 30 20	(22) 7.6	42 37 37		(39) 2.9	14 21 16	(17) 3.6	7 5 15	(9) 5.3
-	1500	86 93 96	(92) 5.1	27 24 25	(25) 1.5	38 38 41		(39) 1.7	24 24 14	(21) 5.8	22 15 14	(17) 4.4
-	5000	84 P 86 P 97 P	(89) 7.0	21 P 21 P 9 P	(17) 6.9	41 P 41 P 26 P		(36) 8.7	18 P 21 P 30 P	(23) 6.2	22 P 18 P 15 P	(18) 3.5
Positive controls   S9-Mix   -	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	ENNG		ENNG		ENNG			4NQO		9AA
		3		5		2			0.2		80
		530 657 665	(617) 75.7	1521 1622 1317	(1487) 155.4	913 956 898		(922) 30.1	153 156 188	(166) 19.4	595 896 1010	(834) 214.4

ENNG N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

4NQO 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide

9AA    9-Aminoacridine

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Table3              Test Results: Experiment 1 – With Metabolic Activation

Test period		From: 17 January 2010					To: 20 January 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
+	0	91 104 91	(95) 7.5#	15 16 18	(16) 1.5	42 47 31		(40) 8.2	24 33 31	(29) 4.7	15 18 9	(14) 4.6
+	50	89 91 89	(90) 1.2	11 13 11	(12) 1.2	37 41 48		(42) 5.6	31 31 33	(32) 1.2	7 23 13	(14) 8.1
+	150	87 91 114	(97) 14.6	7 9 18	(11) 5.9	36 36 44		(39) 4.6	22 26 18	(22) 4.0	20 16 12	(16) 4.0
+	500	89 80 79	(83) 5.5	10 20 8	(13) 6.4	36 30 33		(33) 3.0	29 29 31	(30) 1.2	7 16 15	(13) 4.9
+	1500	82 74 81	(79) 4.4	16 15 11	(14) 2.6	45 38 34		(39) 5.6	15 21 25	(20) 5.0	12 16 11	(13) 2.6
+	5000	70 P 80 P 75 P	(75) 5.0	15 P 13 P 22 P	(17) 4.7	27 P 46 P 43 P		(39) 10.2	11 P 34 P 31 P	(25) 12.5	21 P 14 P 14 P	(16) 4.0
Positive controls   S9-Mix   +	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	2AA		2AA		2AA			BP		2AA
		1		2		10			5		2
		846 1120 1065	(1010) 144.9	187 231 228	(215) 24.6	247 276 297		(273) 25.1	97 157 152	(135) 33.3	242 290 307	(280) 33.7

2AA    2-Aminoanthracene

BP      Benzo(a)pyrene

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Table4              Test Results: Experiment 2 – Without Metabolic Activation

Test Period		From: 02 February 2010 From: 06 February 2010†					To: 05 February 2010 To: 09 February 2010†
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100†		TA1535†		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98†		TA1537†
-	0	86 84 77	(82) 4.7#	14 14 24	(17) 5.8	24 19 21		(21) 2.5	17 15 15	(16) 1.2	8 11 9	(9) 1.5
-	1.5	90 77 74	(80) 8.5	15 14 11	(13) 2.1	N/T			12 9 25	(15) 8.5	18 9 9	(12) 5.2
-	5	91 82 88	(87) 4.6	17 17 16	(17) 0.6	N/T			12 13 13	(13) 0.6	12 5 11	(9) 3.8
-	15	85 89 83	(86) 3.1	8 15 13	(12) 3.6	N/T			10 8 14	(11) 3.1	9 10 10	(10) 0.6
-	50	77 80 87	(81) 5.1	13 20 17	(17) 3.5	25 24 20		(23) 2.6	7 20 14	(14) 6.5	12 9 9	(10) 1.7
-	150	66 73 76	(72) 5.1	17 12 14	(14) 2.5	24 13 24		(20) 6.4	16 14 13	(14) 1.5	3 5 6	(5) 1.5
-	500	68 S 63 S 50 S	(60) 9.3	5 S 15 S 8 S	(9) 5.1	19 20 19		(19) 0.6	18 S 10 S 11 S	(13) 4.4	5 S 3 S 4 S	(4) 1.0
-	1500	62 S 65 S 47 S	(58) 9.6	0 V 0 V 0 V	(0) 0.0	22 22 24		(23) 1.2	8 S 4 S 4 S	(5) 2.3	5 S 2 S 2 S	(3) 1.7
-	5000	N/T		N/T		21 P 21 P 27 P		(23) 3.5	N/T		N/T
Positive controls   S9-Mix   -	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	ENNG		ENNG		ENNG			4NQO		9AA
		3		5		2			0.2		80
		603 621 680	(635) 40.3	1144 1720 1656	(1507) 315.7	645 681 685		(670) 22.0	154 157 143	(151) 7.4	1232 1857 1822	(1637) 351.2

ENNG N-ethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

4NQO 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide

9AA    9-Aminoacridine

†         Experimental procedure performed at a later date due to excessive toxicity in the original test

N/T     Not tested at this dose level

P        Precipitate

S        Sparse bacterial background lawn

V        Very weak bacterial background lawn

#        Standard deviation

Table5              Test Results: Experiment 2 – With Metabolic Activation

Test Period		From: 02 February 2010					To: 05 February 2010
With or without S9-Mix	Test substance concentration (µg/plate)	Number of revertants (mean number of colonies per plate)
		Base-pair substitution type							Frameshift type
		TA100		TA1535		WP2uvrA^‑			TA98		TA1537
+	0	93 99 97	(96) 3.1#	12 18 18	(16) 3.5	21 17 17		(18) 2.3	27 27 28	(27) 0.6	15 13 13	(14) 1.2
+	50	111 96 96	(101) 8.7	15 13 12	(13) 1.5	20 26 21		(22) 3.2	27 29 28	(28) 1.0	9 12 10	(10) 1.5
+	150	105 104 102	(104) 1.5	12 11 10	(11) 1.0	20 22 19		(20) 1.5	22 30 32	(28) 5.3	13 12 10	(12) 1.5
+	500	107 108 81	(99) 15.3	14 12 11	(12) 1.5	16 18 24		(19) 4.2	25 24 18	(22) 3.8	11 9 11	(10) 1.2
+	1500	92 111 112	(105) 11.3	15 10 12	(12) 2.5	16 19 20		(18) 2.1	31 18 31	(27) 7.5	17 13 12	(14) 2.6
+	5000	103 P 103 P 116 P	(107) 7.5	13 P 13 P 19 P	(15) 3.5	21 P 21 P 22 P		(21) 0.6	28 P 28 P 28 P	(28) 0.0	13 P 14 P 16 P	(14) 1.5
Positive controls   S9-Mix   +	Name Concentration (μg/plate) No. colonies per plate	2AA		2AA		2AA			BP		2AA
		1		2		10			5		2
		1188 1298 1294	(1260) 62.4	252 225 227	(235) 15.0	421 440 391		(417) 24.7	194 188 138	(173) 30.7	244 214 222	(227) 15.5

2AA    2-Aminoanthracene

BP      Benzo(a)pyrene

P        Precipitate

#        Standard deviation

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

Interpretation of results: negative

Based on an absence of genotoxic/mutagenic effects in a bacterial reverse mutation test with Salmonella typhimurium strains TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535 or TA 1537, or in E. coli strain WP2, with or without metabolic activation, rosin, fumarated, reaction products wiht formaldehyde is not classifiable for Germ Cell Mutagenicity according to Directive 67/548/EEC, the UN Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) or the EU Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008.

Executive summary:

The method conforms to the guidelines for bacterial mutagenicity testing published by the major Japanese Regulatory Authorities including METI, MHLW and MAFF. It also meets the requirents of the OECD Guidelines for Testing of Chemicals No. 471 "Bacterial Reverse Mutation Test", Method B13/14 of Commission Regulation (EC) Number 440/2008 of 30 May 2008 and the USA, EPA (TSCA) OPPTS harmonised guidelines.

Methods

Salmonella typhimurium strains TA1535, TA1537, TA98, TA100 and Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA^-were treated with the test material using both the Ames plate incorporation and pre-incubation methods at up to seven dose levels, in triplicate, both with and without the addition of a rat liver homogenate metabolising system (10% liver S9 in standard co-factors). The dose range was determined in a preliminary toxicity assay and was 50 to 5000 µg/plate in the first experiment (plate incorporation). The experiment was repeated (pre-incubation) on a separate day using an amended dose range, fresh cultures of the bacterial strains and fresh test material formulations. The dose levels used ranged between 1.5 and 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial tester strain type and exposures in the absence or presence of S9-mix.

Additional dose levels and an expanded dose range were selected (where applicable) in order to achieve both four non-toxic dose levels and the toxic limit of the test material.

Results

The vehicle (acetone) control plates gave counts of revertant colonies within the normal range. All of the positive control chemicals used in the test induced marked increases in the frequency of revertant colonies, both with or without metabolic activation. Thus, the sensitivity of the assay and the efficacy of the S9-mix were validated.

In the range-finding test (Experiment 1 – plate incorporation method) the test material caused no visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawn at any dose level in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. However, in the second experiment (pre-incubation methodology) the test material caused a visible reduction in the growth of the bacterial background lawns of all of the Salmonella tester stains dosed in the absence of S9-mix at and above 500 µg/plate. No toxicity was noted to any of the bacterial strains dosed in the presence of S9-mix or Escherichia coli strain WP2uvrA^-in either the absence or presence of S9-mix. The test material was, therefore, tested up to the toxic limit or the maximum recommended dose level of 5000 µg/plate, depending on bacterial strain type, presence or absence of S9-mix and Experiment number. A particulate precipitate was noted at 5000 µg/plate, this observation did not prevent the scoring of revertant colonies.

No significant increases in the frequency of revertant colonies were recorded for any of the bacterial strains, with any dose of the test material, either with or without metabolic activation or exposure method.

Conclusion

The test material was considered to be non-mutagenic under the conditions of this test.