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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: oral

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
other: experimental study on similar substance
Adequacy of study:
weight of evidence
Reliability:
3 (not reliable)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: Full article with few details on results

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
2002
Report date:
2002

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 420 (Acute Oral Toxicity - Fixed Dose Method)
Deviations:
not specified
GLP compliance:
not specified
Test type:
fixed dose procedure
Limit test:
yes

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-4-sulphonato-m-tolyl)azo]naphthalene-2-sulphonate
EC Number:
247-368-0
EC Name:
Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-[(2-methoxy-4-sulphonato-m-tolyl)azo]naphthalene-2-sulphonate
Cas Number:
25956-17-6
Molecular formula:
C18H16N2O8S2.2Na
Specific details on test material used for the study:
The test material was supplied by Tokyo Kasei Kogyo Industry Ltd, Tokyo Japan.

Test animals

Species:
other: mice
Strain:
other: ddY
Sex:
male
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
4 Male ddY mice were obtained from Japan SLC Co., Shizuoka, Japan, at 7 weeks of age and used after 1 week of acclimatization.
They were fed commercial pellets MF (Oriental Yeast Industries Co., Tokyo, Japan) and tap water ad libitum throughout the acclimatization period and the experiment.
The animal room was at 20–24 ◦C with a 12 h light–dark cycle.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: unspecified
Vehicle:
other: saline solution
Details on oral exposure:
The test substance were dissolved in saline solution.
Doses:
All food additives were administered orally at up to 0.5 × LD50 or the limit dose of 2000 mg/kg.
No. of animals per sex per dose:
4
Control animals:
not specified

Results and discussion

Preliminary study:
-
Effect levels
Sex:
male
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
> 2 000 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Mortality:
No mortality
Clinical signs:
No data
Body weight:
No data
Gross pathology:
No data

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
GHS criteria not met
Conclusions:
LD50 > 2000 mg/kg bw
Executive summary:

Based on the test results, no toxic effect were seen for an oral application of the tested substance.

No death occurred during the fixed dose test.