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EC number: 202-007-6 | CAS number: 90-64-2
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data

Acute Toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Study period:
- 1938-1946
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Justification for type of information:
- Studies reported in scientific journals using different species and routes of administration.
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Beitrag zur Toxikologie der Mandelsäure
- Author:
- Meier K
- Year:
- 1 940
- Bibliographic source:
- Arch Intern. Pharmacodyn. 1940, XLIV, fasc. 1.
- Report date:
- 1939
- Reference Type:
- review article or handbook
- Title:
- no data
- Author:
- Ormond JK
- Year:
- 1 938
- Bibliographic source:
- J Urol. (1938), 39, 714
- Report date:
- 1938
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Inhibition of the appearance of gastric ulcers in rats, using benzoic derivatives
- Author:
- Carminati GM, Chiabotto L, Duzzi L.
- Year:
- 1 973
- Bibliographic source:
- 1. Carminati GM, Chiabotto L, Duzzi L. [Inhibition of the appearance of gastric ulcers in rats, using benzoic derivatives]. Boll Chim Farm. 1973 Jan;112(1):53–63.
- Report date:
- 1973
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Experimental Medicine and Surgery
- Author:
- Boyd EM, Seymour KG
- Year:
- 1 946
- Bibliographic source:
- Experimental Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 4, Pg. 223, 1946.
- Report date:
- 1946
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- For details see text below
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Test type:
- other: For details see text below
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Mandelic acid
- EC Number:
- 202-007-6
- EC Name:
- Mandelic acid
- Cas Number:
- 90-64-2
- Molecular formula:
- C8H8O3
- IUPAC Name:
- hydroxy(phenyl)acetic acid
- Test material form:
- solid
Constituent 1
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- no data
Test animals
- Species:
- other: Rabbit, Rat, Guinea Pig
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- na data
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: unspecified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Details on oral exposure:
- For details see text below
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- For details see text below
- Control animals:
- not specified
- Details on study design:
- For details see text below
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Key result
- Sex:
- not specified
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Remarks:
- based on studies in rats (Ormond, 1938; Meier 1940)
- Effect level:
- > 2 000 mg/kg bw
- Based on:
- not specified
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