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EC number: 203-103-0 | CAS number: 103-34-4
- 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
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- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
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- Auto flammability
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- 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
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- 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
Developmental toxicity / teratogenicity
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- developmental toxicity
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Guideline study (EPA)
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 987
- Report date:
- 1987
Materials and methods
Test guidelineopen allclose all
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)
- Deviations:
- no
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EPA OPP 83-3 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)
- Deviations:
- not specified
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Di(morpholin-4-yl) disulphide
- EC Number:
- 203-103-0
- EC Name:
- Di(morpholin-4-yl) disulphide
- Cas Number:
- 103-34-4
- Molecular formula:
- C8H16N2O2S2
- IUPAC Name:
- 4-(morpholin-4-yldisulfanyl)morpholine
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Sprague-Dawley
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles river breeding laboratories
- Age at study initiation: 84 days
- Weight at study initiation: no data
- Fasting period before study: no data
- Housing: individually in suspended wire-meash cages.
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): purina certified rodent chow #5002, ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): tap water, ad libitum
- Acclimation period: 14 days
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 23-26°C (mean 23+/-0.8°C)
- Humidity (%): 18-29% (mean 25+/-5.0%)
- Air changes (per hr): no data
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- corn oil
- Details on exposure:
- Constant volume of administration = 10 ml/kg bw.
- Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- yes
- Details on mating procedure:
- - Impregnation procedure: cohoused
- If cohoused:
- M/F ratio per cage: 1M/1F
- Length of cohabitation: not precised
- Verification of same strain and source of both sexes: yes
- Proof of pregnancy: vaginal plug referred to as day 0 of pregnancy - Duration of treatment / exposure:
- Day 6-15 of gestation
- Frequency of treatment:
- daily
- Duration of test:
- 1 month
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
0, 50, 250 and 500 mg/kg/day
Basis:
actual ingested
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 25 females / dose
- Control animals:
- yes, concurrent vehicle
Examinations
- Maternal examinations:
- CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes, 2/daily
DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes, 1/daily
BODY WEIGHT: Yes, on gestation days 0, 6, 9, 12, 16, 20
FOOD CONSUMPTION : Yes, Individual maternal food consumption was recorded for 24 hours in days 0, 6, 9, 12, 16 and 20 of gestation.
WATER CONSUMPTION : No
POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS: Yes
- Sacrifice on gestation day 20
- Organs observed : the abdominal and thracic cavities and organs - Ovaries and uterine content:
- The ovaries and uterine content was examined after termination: Yes
Examinations included:
- Gravid uterus weight: No data
- Number of corpora lutea: Yes
- Number of implantations: Yes
- Number of early resorptions: Yes
- Number of late resorptions: Yes
- Other: Viable and dead fetuses, weight of fetuses (indiv.) - Fetal examinations:
- - External examinations: Yes: all per litter
- Soft tissue examinations: Yes: half per litter
- Skeletal examinations: Yes: half per litter
- Head examinations: No data - Statistics:
- All statistical analyses compared the treatment groups with the control group, with the levels of significance at p<0.05 and p<0.01. All mean were accompanied by standard deviations. Male-to-female fetal sex ratios and the proportions of litters with malformations were compared using Chi-square test criterion with Yates' correction for 2x2 contingency tables. The proportions of resorbed and dead fetuses and postimplantation losses were compared by the Mann-Whitney U-test to determine the significance of differences. Numbers of copora lutea, total implantations and live fetuses and mean fetal body weights were compared by analysis of variance, bartlett's test for homogeneity of variance and the appropriate t-test usinf Dunnett's multiple comparison table to determine the significance of differences.
- Indices:
- no data
- Historical control data:
- yes
Results and discussion
Results: maternal animals
General toxicity (maternal animals)
- Clinical signs:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Clinical observations of yellow stained ventral or anogenital haircoat occurred in a dose related pattern at 250 and 500 mg/kg/day. Additional observations noted solely in the two high-dose groups included unkempt haircoat and respiratory rates.
No test article related postmortem findings were evident in any study group. One dam that died had a small amount of fluid in the thoracic cavity and one control dam had pus in the pericardial sac. - Dermal irritation (if dermal study):
- not examined
- Mortality:
- mortality observed, non-treatment-related
- Description (incidence):
- Survival was 100% at the 0, 50 and 250 mg/kg/day dosage levels. Four rats from the 500 mg/kg/day group died on study; one each on gestation days 9, 10, 11 and 15. Two of these animals had no apparent abnormalities prior to death white the other two had either brown staining on the nose and forelimbs or yellow anogenital staining on the day of death.
- Body weight and weight changes:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Treatment with the test article at 500 mg/kg/day caused slightly depressed body weight change (body weight loss or reduction in weight gain) during the first and last intervals of treatment (gestation days 6 to 9 and 12 to 16). The resulting body weight gains were retarded over both the overall treatment and gestation periods (gestation days 6 through 15 and 0 to 20, respectively).
No meaningful effects on body weights were evident at the 50 or 250 mg/kg/day dosage levels. - Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Description (incidence and severity):
- Mean and relative food consumption at the 500 mg/kg/day dosage level exceeded the control group on the initial day of test article administration (gestation day 6). All high-dose food intake data thereafter (gestation days 9, 12 and 16) were lower than respective control group values.
No abnormalities in food intake were evident at the 50 or 250 mg/kg/day dosage levels. - Food efficiency:
- not examined
- Water consumption and compound intake (if drinking water study):
- not examined
- Ophthalmological findings:
- not examined
- Clinical biochemistry findings:
- not examined
- Urinalysis findings:
- not examined
- Immunological findings:
- not examined
- Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
- not examined
Maternal developmental toxicity
- Details on maternal toxic effects:
- A notable increase in mean postimplantation loss relative to concurrent and historical control values was present at the 500 mg/kg/day dosage level. The resulting mean viable fetuses was also reduced. Slight fetotoxicity was suggested in the high-dose group by a reduction in mean fetal body weights relative to the control group. High-dose values for corpora lutea, total implantations and fetal sex ratios were dot remarkable.
No toxicologically meaningful findings were evident at the 50 or 250 mg/kg/day dosage levels regarding any of the Cesarean section parameters evaluated. The mean postimplantation loss was significantly lower (p<0.01) in both treated groups than in the control group.
Effect levels (maternal animals)
open allclose all
- Key result
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- 250 mg/kg bw/day
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect level:
- body weight and weight gain
- food consumption and compound intake
- mortality
- Dose descriptor:
- LOAEL
- Effect level:
- 500 mg/kg bw/day
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Remarks on result:
- other: sereval adverse effects
Maternal abnormalities
- Abnormalities:
- not specified
Results (fetuses)
- Details on embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:
- Malformations: The test article had no teratogenic effect on offspring at any dosage level. Although the number of malformed fetuses was slightly increased at the 500 mg/kg/day dosage level, the number of litters with malformations was not meaningfully different from the control group.
Developmental Variations : No biologically meaningful differences were noted in any treated group regarding the mean numbers of fetuses and litters with developmental variations.
Effect levels (fetuses)
- Key result
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- >= 500 mg/kg bw/day
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Sex:
- male/female
- Basis for effect level:
- other: teratogenicity
- Remarks on result:
- not determinable due to absence of adverse toxic effects
Fetal abnormalities
- Abnormalities:
- no effects observed
Overall developmental toxicity
- Developmental effects observed:
- not specified
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- In conclusion,when administered orally by gavage to pregnant Charles River rats, test sample was determined to be embryotoxic and fetotoxic at a dose level of 500 mg/kg/day which was also associated with maternal toxicity. There was no evidence of teratogenic affect at anydose level. The 250 mg/kg/day dosage level was considered the no observable effect level with regards to developmental toxicity.
- Executive summary:
Mated female Charles River rats, consecutively assigned to one control and three treatment groups of 25 animals each, were used to determine the teratogenic potential of 4,4'-dithiodimorpholine. Dosage levels of 50, 250 and 500 mg/kg/day were administered orally by gavage as a single daily dose on days 6 through 15 of gestation at a volume of 10.0 ml/kg. The control group received the vehicle only, corn oil, on a comparable regimen. Casarean sections were performed on all surviving females on gestation day 20 and the fetuses were removed for teratologic evaluation.
Maternal toxicity was evidenced by mortality, alterations in appearance (stained anogenital haircoat) and reduced body weights and food intake at the 500 mg/kg/day dosage level. Treatment with the test article at 250 mg/kg/day caused a very small effects ( yellow stained ventral or anogenital haircoat ) and did not depress body weight growth of the dams.
At 500 mg/kg/day, the test article promoted intrauterine mortality and retarded fetal development as evidenced by observations of increased postimplancation loss and slightly depressed fetal body weights. Similar aspects of developmental toxicity were not affected at the 50 or 250 mg/kg/day dosage levels.
In conclusion, when administered orally by gavage to pregnant Charles River rats, 4,4'-dithiodimorpholine was determined to be embryotoxic and fetotoxic at a dose level of 500 mg/kg/day which was also associated with maternal toxicity. There was no evidence of teratogenic affect at any dose level. The 250 mg/kg/day dosage level was considered the no observable affect level with regards to maternal and developmental toxicity.
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