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Toxicological information

Developmental toxicity / teratogenicity

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
developmental toxicity
Type of information:
migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
Adequacy of study:
weight of evidence
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Comparable to guideline study (analytical purity of test substance not specified, limited documentation, only organogenesis covered (days 6-15 of gestation)).

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1972
Report date:
1972

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)
Deviations:
yes
Remarks:
(analytical purity of test substance not specified, limited documentation, only organogenesis covered (days 6-15 of gestation))
GLP compliance:
no
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
D-glucitol
EC Number:
200-061-5
EC Name:
D-glucitol
Cas Number:
50-70-4
Molecular formula:
C6H14O6
IUPAC Name:
D-glucitol
Details on test material:
- Name of test material (as cited in study report): FDA 71-31, sorbitol
- Physical state: fine white crystalline material

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Wistar
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
TEST ANIMALS
- Weight at study initiation: 218-235 g
- Housing: singly
- Diet (ad libitum)
- Water (ad libitum): tap water

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Details on exposure:
VEHICLE
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 1 mL/kg bw/day
Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
not specified
Details on mating procedure:
- Impregnation procedure: cohoused
- Proof of pregnancy: vaginal plug referred to as day 0 of pregnancy
Duration of treatment / exposure:
day 6-15 of gestation
Frequency of treatment:
daily
Duration of test:
20 days
No. of animals per sex per dose:
20 (control group)
22 (positive control group; 350 mg/kg bw/day)
21 (74 mg/kg bw/day)
23 (16, 1600 mg/kg bw/day)
Control animals:
yes, sham-exposed

Examinations

Maternal examinations:
CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: daily

BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: on days 0, 6, 11, 15, and 20 of gestation

FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if feeding study): Yes
- daily observation, but no recording

POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS: Yes
- Sacrifice on gestation day 20 (caesarean section under surgical anesthesia)
Ovaries and uterine content:
The ovaries and uterine content was examined after termination: Yes
Examinations included:
- Number of corpora lutea: Yes
- Number of implantations: Yes
- Number of resorptions: Yes
Fetal examinations:
- External examinations: Yes: [all pups per litter]
- Soft tissue examinations: Yes: [one-third pf pups per litter]
- Skeletal examinations: Yes: [two-thirds of pups per litter], (cleared in potassium hydroxide, stained with alizarin red dye and examined)
- Head examinations: Yes

Results and discussion

Results: maternal animals

Maternal developmental toxicity

Details on maternal toxic effects:
Maternal toxic effects:no effects

Effect levels (maternal animals)

Dose descriptor:
NOAEL
Effect level:
>= 1 600 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
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:
Soft tissue abnormalities found: In the positive control group, one to two pups of 7 different dams showed exencephaly and spina bifida.

Effect levels (fetuses)

Dose descriptor:
NOAEL
Effect level:
>= 1 600 mg/kg bw/day (nominal)
Based on:
test mat.
Basis for effect level:
other: teratogenicity

Fetal abnormalities

Abnormalities:
not specified

Overall developmental toxicity

Developmental effects observed:
not specified

Any other information on results incl. tables

Table 1: Average maternal body weights (in g)

 

 Day

 

0

6

12

18

29

Dose group

 

 

 

 

 

Sham

235

252

271

290

359 (20)

Positive Control

224

244

258

273

322 (22)

16 mg/kg bw TS

219

235

254

278

339 (23)

74 mg/kg bw TS

225

244

264

286

353 (21)

350 mg/kg bw TS

225

246

264

284

347

(22)

1600 mg/kg bw TS

218

237

259

281

352

(23)

- TS: test substance

- number of surviving dams in parentheses

Table 2: Litter response (caesarean section data)

Dose group

Sham

Positive Control

16 mg/kg bw TS

74 mg/kg bw TS

350 mg/kg bw TS

1600 mg/kg bw TS

Pregnancies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

20

22

23

21

22

23

Died or aborted (before day 17)

0

0

0

0

0

0

To term (on day 17)

20

22

23

21

22

23

Corpora lutea

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

230

250

250

240

235

279

Average/dam mated

9.58

10.4

10.4

10.4

9.8

11.6

Live litters

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

20

18

23

21

22

23

Implant Sites

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

219

232

244

214

224

271

Average/dam

10.9

10.6

10.6

10.2

10.2

11.8

Resorptions

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

8

51

11

4

4

16

Dams with 1 or more sites resorbed

5

9

5

2

4

7

Dams with all sites resorbed

0

3

0

0

0

0

% partial resorptions

25

40.9

21.7

9.52

18.2

30.4

% complete resorptions

--

13.6

--

--

--

--

Live fetuses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

211

181

233

210

219

255

Average/dam

10.6

8.23

10.1

10.1

9.96

11.1

Sex ratio (M/F)

1.04

0.83

1.01

0.87

0.79

0.82

Dead Fetuses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total No.

0

0

0

0

1

0

Dams with 1 or more dead

--

--

--

--

1

0

Dams with all dead

--

--

--

--

0

--

% partial dead

--

--

--

--

4.55

--

% all dead

--

--

--

--

--

--

Average fetus weight (g)

3.51

2.55

3.75

3.52

3.86

3.69

Table 3: Summar of skeletal findings

Dose group

Sham

Positive Control

16 mg/kg bw TS

74 mg/kg bw TS

350 mg/kg bw TS

1600 mg/kg bw TS

Live Fetuses (at term)

141/20

121/18

156/23

150/21

147/22

172/23

Sternebrae

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incomplete oss.

18/10

102/17

24/11

32/15

15/12

22/16

Scrambled

--

--

--

--

--

--

Bipartite

--

4/3

--

1/1

--

--

Fused

--

--

--

--

--

--

Extra

--

--

--

--

--

--

Missing

--

56/15

--

2/2

--

--

Other

--

--

--

--

--

--

Ribs

--

--

--

--

--

--

Incomplete oss.

--

9/6

--

--

--

--

Fused/Split

--

8/4

--

--

--

--

Wavy

4/4

20/12

6/3

4/4

9/6

--

Less than 12

--

3/2

--

--

--

--

More than13

--

60/16

--

--

--

--

Other

--

--

--

--

--

--

Vertebrae

--

--

--

--

--

--

Incomplete oss.

1/1

86/18

6/3

4/2

1/1

2/2

Scrambled

--

--

--

--

--

--

Fused

--

4/2

--

--

--

--

Extra ctrs. oss.

--

--

--

--

--

--

Scoliosis

--

10/5

--

--

--

--

Other

--

--

--

--

--

--

 Skull            

 Incomplete Closure

 11/8 68/17  14/7  18/9  15/8  8/7 

 Missing

 --  11/7 --  -- --  -- 
 Extremities            
 Incomplete Oss.  -- 7/6  --  --  --  -- 
 Miscellaneous            

 Hyoid; missing

 8/6 80/17  15/9  19/9  5/4  8/7 

 Hyoid; reduced

 3/3 3/3  1/1  3/3  1/1  1/1 

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
The test substance had no effect on intrauterine development.