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EC number: 701-085-3 | CAS number: -
- 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
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Basic toxicokinetics
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- basic toxicokinetics in vivo
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment
Cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 956
- Report date:
- 1956
- Reference Type:
- other company data
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 953
- Report date:
- 1953
Materials and methods
- Objective of study:
- distribution
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- other: OECD Guideline 452 (Chronic Toxicity Studies), oral feed, 24 months
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Determination of Si levels in various organs at termination of a chronic feeding study.
- GLP compliance:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Silicic acid, calcium salt
- EC Number:
- 215-710-8
- EC Name:
- Silicic acid, calcium salt
- Cas Number:
- 1344-95-2
- IUPAC Name:
- Silicic acid, Calcium salt
- Test material form:
- solid
Constituent 1
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report) = Silene EF,
- Analytical data after ignition: SiO2 (64 %); CaO (18 %); Al2O3 (0.6 %); MgO (0.1 %); NaCl (1.5 %) - Radiolabelling:
- no
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- other: albino (Carworth Farm strain)
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Age at study initiation: weanling
- Weight at study initiation: averages 70 - 73 g (m, f)
- Fasting period before study: no
- Housing: individual
- Diet: ad libitum
- Water: ad libitum
- Acclimation period: no data
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: no data
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: feed
- Vehicle:
- other: gelatin (15 g/100 mL water)
- Details on exposure:
- DIET PREPARATION
- Rate of preparation of diet (frequency): weekly
- Particular measures: Based on results from the pre-test, the test compound had be administered in moist form
in order to suppress its alkalinity and dustability.
- Mixing appropriate amounts: Appropriate amounts of the Silene-gelatine mixtures were mixed
with the basic diet in a twin-shell blender on w/w basis.
The amount of gelatine added to all diets including controls remained constant
throughout the whole experiment.
- Storage temperature of food: no data
- Dosage regimen: The high-dose groups had accustom to the diet containing higher levels of Silene:
Therefore, gradual increase in Silene content:
7.5 % group: increase from 5 to 7.5 % after 3 wks;
10 % group: increase from 5 to 7.5 % after 3 wks, further increase from 7.5 to 10 % after 10 wks.
VEHICLE
- Justification for use and choice of vehicle (if other than water):
Based on results from the pre-test, the test compound had be administered in moist form
in order to suppress its alkalinity and dustability.
- Concentration in vehicle: variable, depending on the dose
HOMOGENEITY AND STABILITY OF TEST MATERIAL: no data - Duration and frequency of treatment / exposure:
- 24 months
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
1.0, 5.0, 7.5, and 10 % (w/w) in feed, 7.5 and 10 % after an acclimation period to higher levels (see "Diet Preparation" above)
- No. of animals per sex per dose / concentration:
- 6 m and 6 f of each dose level, tissues of 3 animals of each sex pooled for analysis (2 replicates).
- Control animals:
- yes, concurrent vehicle
- Positive control reference chemical:
- none
- Details on dosing and sampling:
- ANALYSIS of TISSUE Sections (see Report, Table 52)
- silicon dioxide content: upon termination of the experiment:
in kidney, liver, spleen, cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and testes:
from 6 m and 6 f of each dose level, tissues of 3 animals of each sex pooled for analysis (2 replicates)
(Method of analysis according to King and Stential: outlined in an interim report that is not available.)
- Statistics:
- no data, arithmetic means +_S.D.
Results and discussion
Toxicokinetic / pharmacokinetic studies
- Details on absorption:
- no data available
- Details on distribution in tissues:
- After 104 weeks, there was a dose-related increase of Si in the kidney and liver, but not in the other organs examined:
The increase was more marked in males than in females, and much higher in the kidney than in the liver.
Kidney at 5 % level: approx. 3x background (m), no or only slight increase (f)
at 10 % level: approx. 20x background (m), approx. 15x background (f)
Liver at 5 % level: approx. 2x background (m), no or only slight increase (f)
at 10 % level: approx. 3x background (m), approx. 3x background (f)
No time-related organ levels other than 104 weeks have been investigated.
- Details on excretion:
- no data available
Metabolite characterisation studies
- Details on metabolites:
- not applicable
Any other information on results incl. tables
Si level in kidneys and livers of rats receiving calcium silicate (Silene EF) in the feed for 104 weeks
(Data adopted from Report, Table 52)
Level in diet [%] |
Males |
Females |
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Si as SiO2 [mg/100 g tissue wet weight] |
Si as SiO2 [mg/100 g tissue wet weight] |
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Kidney |
Liver |
Kidney |
Liver |
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Sample*) |
average |
Sample*) |
average |
Sample*) |
average |
Sample*) |
average |
|
Control |
2.26 |
1.54 |
0.83 |
1.11 |
0.98 |
1.69 |
0.58 |
0.91 |
1.0 |
2.60 |
3.05 |
0.86 |
0.98 |
2.24 |
2.27 |
2.04 |
1.27 |
5.0 |
5.45 |
5.17 |
2.96 |
2.50 |
2.79 |
2.20 |
1.37 |
1.45 |
7.5 |
14.8 |
13.35 |
2.03 |
2.04 |
13.2 |
10.58 |
1.98 |
2.49 |
10.0 |
41.4 |
36.90 |
3.11 |
3.59 |
24.7 |
23.70 |
3.30 |
3.26 |
*) Sample n = 3 each
No significant differences from the controls can be concluded from Si levels in spleen, heart, skeletal muscle,
and testes (for these organs, data from the report not shown).
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