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EC number: 200-752-1 | CAS number: 71-41-0
Acute Toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Food flavorings and compounds of related structure I. Acute Oral Toxicity
- Author:
- Jenner PM et al.
- Year:
- 1 964
- Bibliographic source:
- Food Cosmet. Toxicol. 2, 327-343
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Toxicity and metabolsim of industrial solvents
- Author:
- Browning E
- Year:
- 1 973
- Bibliographic source:
- Med. Res. Council Ind. Health Res. Board,Rep.No. 80, H.M. Stationery Office, London
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- 1-Pentanol
- Author:
- Rowe VK and McCollister SB
- Year:
- 1 982
- Bibliographic source:
- Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology, 3rd rev. ed., Wiley, New York, pp. 4527–4708
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Die Situation in der gesundheitlichen Beurteilung der Aromatisierungsmittel fur Lebensmittel
- Author:
- Bär VF and Griepentrog F
- Year:
- 1 967
- Bibliographic source:
- Medizin Ernahr., 8, 244-251
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Test type:
- standard acute method
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Pentan-1-ol
- EC Number:
- 200-752-1
- EC Name:
- Pentan-1-ol
- Cas Number:
- 71-41-0
- Molecular formula:
- C5H12O
- IUPAC Name:
- pentan-1-ol
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): Amyl alcohol (pentanol)
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Osborne-Mendel
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALSTEST ANIMALS
- Fasting period before study: 18 hours
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Doses:
- no data
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 5
- Control animals:
- other: other substances
- Details on study design:
- - Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
Other examinations performed: clinical signs, mortality - Statistics:
- LD50 values were calculated per Litchfield-Wilcoxon (1949)
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- male/female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 3 030 mg/kg bw
- 95% CL:
- 1 440 - 6 360
- Remarks on result:
- other: slope = 1.2 (1.0 - 1.4)
- Mortality:
- Death from a few minutes to 18 hours
- Clinical signs:
- other: Depression
Applicant's summary and conclusion
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