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EC number: 804-777-4 | CAS number: 21962-45-8
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Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 2018-05-25 to 2018-08-27
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- guideline study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 018
- Report date:
- 2018
Materials and methods
Test guidelineopen allclose all
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 201 (Alga, Growth Inhibition Test)
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- EU Method C.3 (Algal Inhibition test)
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- other: OECD No 23, Guidance Document on Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Difficult Substances and Mixtures
- GLP compliance:
- yes (incl. QA statement)
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 4-formyl-3-methoxybenzonitrile
- EC Number:
- 804-777-4
- Cas Number:
- 21962-45-8
- Molecular formula:
- C9 H7 NO2
- IUPAC Name:
- 4-formyl-3-methoxybenzonitrile
- Test material form:
- solid
Constituent 1
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- Name: Methoxynitrilaldehyd
IUPAC Name: 4-Formyl-3-methoxybenzonitril
CAS No.: 21962-45-8
Batch No.: BXR8012
Purity: 100.5 % (analytical)
according to certificate of analysis
Certificate of Analysis Date: January 09, 2018
Aggregate State at Room Temperature:solid
Colour: white
Expiry Date: October 24, 2019
Storage Conditions at Test Facility: At 20 +/- 5 °C, in the dark
Sampling and analysis
- Analytical monitoring:
- yes
- Details on sampling:
- Duplicate samples from the freshly prepared test media (containing algae) of all test concentrations and from the control were taken at the start of the test.
For the determination of the stability of the test item under the test conditions and of the maintenance of the test item concentrations during the test period, duplicate samples from the test media of all test concentrations and the control (containing algae) were taken at the end of the test (after the 72 hours test period) by pouring together the contents of the test beakers of each treatment.
The samples were diluted by a factor of two with acetonitrile.
Additional samples of the control and of the dilution solvent were taken at each sampling without any sample treatment.
Test solutions
- Vehicle:
- no
- Details on test solutions:
- Test Concentrations: 100, 45.5, 20.7, 9.4 and 4.3 mg test item/L and a control
corresponding to following geometric mean measured concentrations of the test item:
97.7, 27.8, 4.66, 0.494 and 0.299 mg test item/L and a control.
Control: In the control, test water was used without addition of the test item.
Dosage of Test Item: The test item was not well soluble in test water. In this study, only the inhibitory effects of dissolved test item were tested and thus no concentrations above the solubility limit of the test item in test water were tested. Therefore, a supersaturated stock solution of nominal 100 mg test item/L was prepared by suspending 99.6 mg test item in 996 mL test water for preparing the test concentrations. The stock suspension was stirred for 26 hours and 45 minutes at room temperature in the dark and ultra-sonicated for 15 minutes to dissolve as much test item as possible. Then, non-dissolved fractions of the test item were separated from the test medium by membrane filtration (0.45 µm cellulose acetate filter). The solution with dissolved test item was used as the test medium of the highest test concentration and to prepare the desired concentrations with the dilution factor 2.2.
The test media were prepared just before introduction of the algae (= start of the test).
Test organisms
- Test organisms (species):
- Raphidocelis subcapitata (previous names: Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Selenastrum capricornutum)
- Details on test organisms:
- Species: Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (KORSHIKOV), Strain No. 61.81 SAG, formerly known as Selenastrum capricornutum, and recently renamed as Raphidocelis subcapitata (KORSHIKOV)
Origin: The algae were originally supplied by the „Sammlung von Algenkulturen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Universität Göttingen", 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Breeding Conditions: The algae were cultivated in the laboratories of ibacon under standardised conditions according to the test guidelines.
Study design
- Test type:
- static
- Water media type:
- freshwater
- Limit test:
- no
- Total exposure duration:
- 72 h
Test conditions
- Hardness:
- Calculated water hardness of the test water: 0.24 mmol/L (= 24 mg/L) as CaCO3
- Test temperature:
- 21 to 23°C
- pH:
- 7.8 to 7.9 at test start and 7.9 to 9.0 at test end
- Nominal and measured concentrations:
- 100, 45.5, 20.7, 9.4 and 4.3 mg test item/L and a control
corresponding to following geometric mean measured concentrations of the test item:
97.7, 27.8, 4.66, 0.494 and 0.299 mg test item/L and a control. - Details on test conditions:
- Water Temperature: The temperature was measured daily in an Erlenmeyer flask filled with water and incubated under the same conditions as the test flasks.
Water temperature was: 21.1 to 23.0 °C
pH-Values: The pH was measured in all test item concentrations and the control at the start and the end of the test.
pH was: 7.8 to 7.9 at test start and 7.9 to 9.0 at test end
Light Regime: Continuous illumination
Light Intensity: The light intensity was measured once during the test at 6 positions distributed over the experimental area at the surface of the test media.
Mean light intensity:5065 lux (range: 4560 to 5430 lux) - Reference substance (positive control):
- yes
- Remarks:
- For the evaluation of the quality of the algae and the experimental conditions the reference item potassium dichromate is tested at least twice a year to demonstrate satisfactory test conditions.
Results and discussion
Effect concentrationsopen allclose all
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- EC50
- Effect conc.:
- 8.52 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- other: Yield
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- NOEC
- Effect conc.:
- 0.494 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- other: Yield
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- LOEC
- Effect conc.:
- 4.66 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- other: Yield
- Key result
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- EC50
- Effect conc.:
- 26.5 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- growth rate
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- NOEC
- Effect conc.:
- 0.494 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- growth rate
- Duration:
- 72 h
- Dose descriptor:
- LOEC
- Effect conc.:
- 4.66 mg/L
- Nominal / measured:
- meas. (geom. mean)
- Conc. based on:
- test mat.
- Basis for effect:
- growth rate
- Details on results:
- The 72-hour EyC50 was calculated to be 8.52 mg test item/L and the ErC50 26.5 mg test item/L. The 72-hour EyC10 was calculated to be 2.92 mg test item/L and the ErC10 8.17 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOEyC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOEyC of 4.66 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOErC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOErC is 4.66 mg test item/L.
The microscopic examination of the shape of the algal cells after 72 hours of test duration did not show any difference between the algae that had been growing up to a nominal test concentration of 100 mg test item/L and the algal cells in the control. Thus, the shape of the algal cells was not obviously affected up to the highest concentration tested. - Results with reference substance (positive control):
- Results of the Most Recent Test with Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata performed with the Reference Item Potassium Dichromate in January 2018:
72-hour EC50:
Yield: 0.402 [mg test item/L], Growth rate: 0.963 [mg test item/L], Biomass:0.414 [mg test item/L] - Reported statistics and error estimates:
- Based on the calculated cell densities, the 72 hours ErC50 and the 72 hours EyC50 (see Definitions), the corresponding EC20 and EC10 values and where possible their 95 %-confidence limits were calculated by 3-para Normal CFD.
For the determination of the 72 hours LOEC and the 72 hours NOEC, the calculated growth rates and yields at each test concentration were tested for significant differences compared to the control values by Williams t-test (yield) and Bonferroni-Welch t-test (growth rate).
The software used to perform the statistical analysis was ToxRat Professional, Version 3.2.1, ToxRat Solutions GmbH.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Remarks:
- Cell Density Increase in Control Cultures:137.7-fold increase within 72 hours; Coefficient of Variation of Sectional (Daily) Growth Rates in Control Cultures:16.7 %; Coefficient of Variation of Average Growth between Control Replicates: 0.8 %
- Conclusions:
- The influence of Methoxynitrilaldehyd on the growth of the freshwater green algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata was assessed in a static concentration-response test. The 72-hour EyC50 was calculated to be 8.52 mg test item/L and the 72-hour ErC50 value was calculated to be 26.5 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOEyC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOEyC was 4.66 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOErC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOErC was 4.66 mg test item/L.
The initial concentrations and the maintenance of the exposure concentrations during the test were verified in the analytical part. All reported results refer to geometric mean concentrations, since the test item concentrations were not within ± 20 % of the nominal concentrations during the test. - Executive summary:
Title: Methoxynitrilaldehyd: Toxicity to Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata in an Algal Growth Inhibition Test
Purpose:
The purpose of this test was to determine the inhibitory effect of the test item Methoxynitrilaldehyd on the growth of the freshwater green algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata.
For this purpose, exponentially growing cultures of this unicellular green algal species were exposed to various concentrations of the test item under defined conditions. The inhibition of growth in relation to control cultures was determined over a test period of 72 hours and thus over several algal generations.
The test method of application and the test system are recommended by the test guidelines and Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata is one of the recommended test species.
The purpose of the analytical part of this study was to verify the concentrations of the test item in the test medium.
Guidelines/Recommendations:
-OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals, Section 2, No. 201: "Freshwater Alga and Cyanobacteria, Growth Inhibition Test", adopted March 23, 2006, corrected July 28, 2011
-Commission Regulation (EC) No 761/2009, Annex, Part C, C.3.: "Freshwater Algae and Cyanobacteria, Growth Inhibition Test", Official Journal of the European Union (EN), dated August 24, 2009
-OECD Series on Testing and Assessment, No. 23, "Guidance Document on Aquatic Toxicity Testing of Difficult Substances and Mixtures", December 15, 2000
-SANCO/3029/99 rev.4 11/07/00: Residues: Guidance for generating and reporting methods of analysis in support of pre-registration data requirements for Annex II (part A; Section 4) and Annex III (part A; Section 5) of directive 91/414
Materials and Methods
Test Item: Methoxynitrilaldehyd; Batch No BXR8012; purity: 100.5 % (analytical) according to certificate of analysis.
Test Species: Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata, Strain No. 61.81 SAG formerly known as Selenastrum capricornutum, and recently renamed as Raphidocelis subcapitata (KORSHIKOV).
Cultivated in the laboratories of ibacon; original source: "Sammlung von Algenkulturen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissen-schaften, Universität Göttingen", 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Test Design: This study encompassed 6 treatment groups (5 dose rates of the test item and a control) with three replicates per test concentration and six replicates for the control. At test start 50 mL of the test concentrations were inoculated with approx. 5000 algal cells per mL test medium and defined volumes of the algal suspensions were sampled after 24, 48 and 72 for determination of cell densities by spectrophotometrical measurement.
Endpoints: Yield and growth rate of the algae
Test Concentrations: 100, 45.5, 20.7, 9.4 and 4.3 mg test item/L and a control
corresponding to following geometric mean measured concentrations of the test item:
97.7, 27.8, 4.66, 0.494 and 0.299 mg test item/L and a control.
Test Conditions: Water temperature: 21.1 to 23.0 C; pH values at test start 7.8 to 7.9, at the end of the test 7.9 to 9.0; continuous illumination; mean light intensity: 5065 lux (4560 to 5430 lux).
Results
Biological Results:
The 72-hour EyC50 was calculated to be 8.52 mg test item/L and the ErC50 26.5 mg test item/L. The 72-hour EyC10 was calculated to be 2.92 mg test item/L and the ErC10 8.17 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOEyC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOEyC of 4.66 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOErC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOErC is 4.66 mg test item/L.
Analytical Results:
The quantification of the test item Methoxynitrilaldehyd in the test samples was performed using liquid chromatography with UV detection.
At the start of the test 97 % of the nominal test concentrations were found (average of all test concentrations). After 72 hours test duration, 29 % of the nominal value was determined (average of all test concentrations). During the test the algae were exposed to a mean of 63 % of nominal.
Conclusion:
The influence of Methoxynitrilaldehyd on the growth of the freshwater green algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata was assessed in a static concentration-response test. The 72-hour EyC50 was calculated to be 8.52 mg test item/L and the 72-hour ErC50 value was calculated to be 26.5 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOEyC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOEyC was 4.66 mg test item/L. The 72-hour NOErC was determined to be 0.494 mg test item/L and the associated 72-hour LOErC was 4.66 mg test item/L.
The initial concentrations and the maintenance of the exposure concentrations during the test were verified in the analytical part. All reported results refer to geometric mean concentrations, since the test item concentrations were not within ± 20 % of the nominal concentrations during the test. This study is classified acceptable and satisfies the guideline requirements for growth inhibition algae studies.
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