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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:
1976
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: The study is non-GLP, but well described except for ommissions in experimental conditions like temperature and humidity.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1976
Report date:
1976

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
Twenty-five young adult rats were distributed into five dosage groups and exposed to various dosages of test material administered by intragastric intubation.
GLP compliance:
no
Test type:
standard acute method
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, C12-15-alkyl esters
EC Number:
300-338-1
EC Name:
Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, C12-15-alkyl esters
Cas Number:
93925-36-1
Molecular formula:
C3O2-C12/13/14/15
IUPAC Name:
Propanoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, C12-15-alkyl esters
Constituent 2
Reference substance name:
Ceraphyl 41
IUPAC Name:
Ceraphyl 41
Test material form:
other: liquid
Details on test material:
Batch 1363

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Wistar
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
Type: young adult albino rats
Housing: in mesh bottom cages and fasted 24 h prior to dosing
TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Wistar
- Age at study initiation: young adult
- Weight at study initiation: 20 - 300 g
- Fasting period before study: 24 h
- Housing: mesh bottom cages
- Diet : ad libitum
- Water : ad libitum
- Acclimation period: not specified

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): no data
- Humidity (%): no data
- Air changes (per hr): no data
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): no data

IN-LIFE DATES: From: To:

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
unchanged (no vehicle)
Details on oral exposure:
No further details.
Doses:
2.5, 5.0, 10, 20, 40 ml/kg bw.
No. of animals per sex per dose:
Males: 3
Females: 2
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
The rats received food and water ad libitum after dosage and were observed daily for 14 days following administration.
Statistics:
The LD50 was calculated according to the method of Miller and Tainter (Proc. Soc. Biol. Med. 57, 261, 1944)

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
21 mL/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Remarks on result:
other: Standard deviation: 9.2 mL/kg bw
Mortality:
Dosage Animals Number of deaths daily day 14
mL/kg dosed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 % Mortality
2.5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
20.0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
40.0 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 80

Clinical signs:
No details.
Body weight:
Rats were weighing between 200-300 grams, no effects recorded on body weights.
Gross pathology:
No details.
Other findings:
No details.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
practically nontoxic
Remarks:
Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: EU
Conclusions:
The LD50 of Ceraphyl 41 for rats is more than 10 times higher than the maximum limit for classification of 2000 mg/kg bw .
Executive summary:

The acute oral LD50 of CERAPHYL® 41 was 21 ml/kg bodyweight in rats. Twenty five Wistar albino rats (3 male, 2 female/group) were dosed orally with CERAPHYL® 41 at 2.5, 5, 10, 20 and 40 ml/kg bodyweight. Animals were observed daily for mortality for 14 days. Four animals in the 40 ml/kg group died. One animal in the 10 ml/kg group died.