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Acute Toxicity: oral

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Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
Pre-1991
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
comparable to guideline study

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1991

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 401 (Acute Oral Toxicity)
Deviations:
not specified
GLP compliance:
not specified
Test type:
acute toxic class method
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Cyanoguanidine
EC Number:
207-312-8
EC Name:
Cyanoguanidine
Cas Number:
461-58-5
Molecular formula:
C2H4N4
IUPAC Name:
1-cyanoguanidine
Test material form:
solid: crystalline
Specific details on test material used for the study:
Cyanoguanidine (purity 99. 9 % ) from Sanwa Chemical Co., Ltd

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Fischer 344/DuCrj
Sex:
female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
Five 9-week old female F344 / DuCrj rats (SPF Japan Charles River Co. ) were fasted for 4 hours before the administration of the test material.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
water
Details on oral exposure:
The test substance was dispersed in distilled water and a 20 or 30 g / kg body weight dose was orally administered once.
Doses:
20 and 30 g / kg body weight
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5 female
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
Five 9-week old female F344/DuCrl rats (SPF Japan Charles River Co. ) were fasted for 4 hours be- fore the administration of the specimen. The test sub- stance was dispersed in distilled water and a 20 or 30 g/kg body weight dose was orally administered once.
Statistics:
None.

Results and discussion

Preliminary study:
Not performed.
Effect levelsopen allclose all
Key result
Sex:
female
Dose descriptor:
LD0
Effect level:
30 000 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Key result
Sex:
female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
> 30 000 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Mortality:
None
Clinical signs:
other: Body temperature decrease, slowing of movement, cyanosis, lying two hours later, cyanosis, etc. were observed 1 hour after administration in the 30,000 mg/kg body weight administration group. However, 18 hours after administration these symptoms recovered
Gross pathology:
No abnormal findings were found at the time of necropsy performed one week after administration.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
GHS criteria not met
Conclusions:
There were no mortalities and no symptoms which were not reversible after 18 hours (except diarrhea) at the high dose of 30,000 mg/kg bw.