Silicic acid, aluminum sodium salt, sulfurized

Developmental toxicity / teratogenicity

Administrative data

Endpoint:

developmental toxicity

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

supporting study

Study period:

November 1966

Reliability:

3 (not reliable)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: The study is not well documented. No GLP study.

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

1966

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

equivalent or similar to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)

Deviations:

yes

Remarks:

Number of animals per group 12 instead of 16 minimum; duration of treatment is not clear.

GLP compliance:

no

Limit test:

no

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Silicic acid, aluminum sodium salt, sulfurized

EC Number:

309-928-3

EC Name:

Silicic acid, aluminum sodium salt, sulfurized

Cas Number:

101357-30-6

Molecular formula:

|Na+6-x+y+z (S2•-)y(S3•-)z|[Al6-x Si6+x O24] - SOD Where: 6 ≤ 6-x+y+z ≤ 8 0 ≤ x ≤ 1.2 1 ≤ y+z ≤ 2

IUPAC Name:

Silicic acid, aluminum sodium salt, sulfurized

Test animals

Species:

rat

Strain:

not specified

Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:

-Age at study initiation: Female rats of approximately the same age.
-Weight at study initiation: between 300 and 350g
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): oxoid breeding diet

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:

oral: feed

Vehicle:

unchanged (no vehicle)

Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:

no

Details on mating procedure:

Males were placed with respective females overnight and mating was confirmed by the presence of spermatozoo in vaginal smears, and this was designated the first day of pregnancy.

Duration of treatment / exposure:

7 days prior to mating

Frequency of treatment:

Every day

Duration of test:

The mothers were killed on the 22nd day of pregnancy

Doses / concentrations

Doses / concentrations 1

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
10 mg/kg bw/day
Basis:
nominal conc.
100 ppm in diet

Doses / concentrations 2

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
100 mg/kg bw/day
Basis:
nominal conc.
1000 ppm in diet

Doses / concentrations 3

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
1000 mg/kg bw/day
Basis:
nominal conc.
10000 ppm in diet

Doses / concentrations 4

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
10000 mg/kg bw/day
Basis:
nominal conc.
100000 ppm in diet

No. of animals per sex per dose:

5 groups of 12 animals in each
Group 1: no test material in diet
Group 2: 100 ppm in diet
Group 3: 1000 ppm in diet
Group 4: 10000 ppm in diet
Group 5: 100000 ppm in diet

Control animals:

yes

Examinations

Fetal examinations:

-Litter size
-Weight of live young
-Resorptions
-Malformations

In addition, foetuses from ten of the twelve animals of each group were cleared and stained with alizarin and examined for defects of the skeleton. The foetuses from the remaining two mothers were sent for histopathological examination. The following tissues were specially observed: eye, heart, liver, ossification centres.

Results and discussion

Results: maternal animals

Maternal developmental toxicity

Details on maternal toxic effects:

Maternal toxic effects:yes

Details on maternal toxic effects:
There were no maternal deaths.

When fed in the diet of rats in a concentration up to 10000 ppm (1000 mg/kg/day), the test substance had no effects on the growth, blood cellular constituents and haemoglobin or on the main biochemical constituents of the blood and urine. No significant effect on the organ weights.

At higher concentrations 1000 mg/kg bw and 10000 mg/kg bw, there were pathological effects in the kidneys, stomach, intestine and bladder which one would associate with a high and prolonged intake of a siliceous earth.

Effect levels (maternal animals)

Dose descriptor:

NOAEL

Effect level:

> 100 mg/kg bw/day

Based on:

test mat.

Basis for effect level:

other: maternal toxicity

Results (fetuses)

Details on embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:

Embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:no effects

Details on embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:
- Litter size: there was no significant difference between the control and dose level groups.

- Weight of live young: there were no significant differences in the mean weights of the young in the treated and control groups.

- Resorptions: the number of resorptions at each dose level was very low and there was no significant difference between treated and control groups.

- Malformations: no malformations were observed in the control and the top dose level. At 10 mg/kg bw /day dose level one foetus had its hind limbs flexed inwards and another was slightly oedematous. Both these foetuses were from the same mother. At 100 mg/kg bw/day dose level two foetuses from the same mother had all their limbs twisted. At 1000 mg/kg bw/day dose level one foetus had a hernia and another had its limbs slightly twisted.

- Histopathology: an increase in the pericardial space was observed in one foetus from the controls, two foetuses from one animal from the 1000 mg/kg bw/day dose level and three from one animal from the 10000 mg/kg bw/day dose level. No other abnormalities were detected.

The test material has no teratogenic effects at the dose levels from 10 mg/kg bw/day to 1000 mg/kg bw/day.

Effect levels (fetuses)

Dose descriptor:

NOAEL

Effect level:

> 10 000 mg/kg bw/day

Based on:

test mat.

Basis for effect level:

other: teratogenicity

Fetal abnormalities

Abnormalities:

not specified

Overall developmental toxicity

Developmental effects observed:

not specified

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

The NOAEL maternal toxicity is > 100 mg/kg bw per day
The NOAEL teratogenicity is > 10000 mg/kg bw per day

Executive summary:

The study was performed to assess the teratogenic activity of the test material according to a method similar to OECD guideline 414). It was given an oral administration of the test material mixed in their diet at four different dose levels (10, 100, 1000, 10000 mg/kg bw) to 5 different groups of 12 female rats in each (a total of 60) during 7 days prior to mating. No maternal deaths and no teratogenical effects were observed. Results of the investigations confirm that the test material has not teratogenic activity.

The NOAEL maternal toxicity is > 100 mg/kg bw per day

The NOAEL teratogenicity is > 10000 mg/kg bw per day