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EC number: 240-383-3 | CAS number: 16291-96-6 An amorphous form of carbon produced by partially burning or oxidizing wood or other organic matter.
- 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:
- other: Publication
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
Cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 997
Materials and methods
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- no further information from the publication
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Remarks:
- no further information from the publication
- Test type:
- other: no further information from the publication
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- wood charcoal
- IUPAC Name:
- wood charcoal
- Details on test material:
- no further information from the publication
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- monkey
- Strain:
- other: Zanzibar red colobus monkey
- Sex:
- not specified
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: unspecified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Remarks:
- no further information from the publication
- Details on oral exposure:
- no further information from the publication
- Doses:
- no further information from the publication
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- no further information from the publication
- Control animals:
- not specified
- Details on study design:
- no further information from the publication
- Statistics:
- no further information from the publication
Results and discussion
- Preliminary study:
- no further information from the publication
- Mortality:
- no further information from the publication
- Clinical signs:
- other: no further information from the publication
- Gross pathology:
- no further information from the publication
- Other findings:
- Beneficial effects from wood charcoal ingestion (2.5 g/kg b.w./day) i.e. higher birth rate and population densities
Any other information on results incl. tables
no further information from the publication
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- not classified
- Remarks:
- Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: not specified
- Conclusions:
- Beneficial effects from wood charcoal ingestion (2.5 g/kg b.w./day) i.e. higher birth rate and population densities
- Executive summary:
Beneficial effects from wood charcoal ingestion (2.5 g/kg b.w./day) Zanzibar red colobus monkey i.e. higher birth rate and population densities
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