Registration Dossier

Data platform availability banner - registered substances factsheets

Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.

The new ECHA CHEM database has been released by ECHA, and it now contains all REACH registration data. There are more details on the transition of ECHA's published data to ECHA CHEM here.

Diss Factsheets

Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: other routes

Currently viewing:

Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: other routes
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
1973
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1973
Report date:
1973

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
GLP compliance:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
D-gluconic acid, compound with N,N''-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-3,12-diimino-2,4,11,13-tetraazatetradecanediamidine (2:1)
EC Number:
242-354-0
EC Name:
D-gluconic acid, compound with N,N''-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-3,12-diimino-2,4,11,13-tetraazatetradecanediamidine (2:1)
Cas Number:
18472-51-0
Molecular formula:
C22H30Cl2N10.2C6H12O7
IUPAC Name:
N',N'''''-hexane-1,6-diylbis[N-(4-chlorophenyl)(imidodicarbonimidic diamide)] - D-gluconic acid (1:2)

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Wistar
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Hilltop Lab Animals, Scottsdale, PA, USA
- Age at study initiation: no data
- Weight at study initiation: no data
- Fasting period before study: no
- Housing: no data
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): no data
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): no data
- Acclimation period: no data
- Number of animals per group: 5 m / 5 f

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): no data
- Humidity (%): no data
- Air changes (per hr): no data
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): no data

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
intravenous
Vehicle:
water
Details on exposure:
VEHICLE
- Concentration in vehicle: the 20% solution was diluted 1:4 with distilled water
- Amount applied: ca. 1 mL/min
Doses:
not further specified
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5 m / 5 f (total dosed: 35)
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
-Duration of observation period following administration: 7 days
-Frequency of observations: at selected intervals after dosing on day 1 and daily for the remainder of the observation period
-Necropsy of survivors performed: no
-Other examinations performed: clinical signs and mortality
Statistics:
according to Litchfield and Wilcoxon (1949)

Results and discussion

Effect levelsopen allclose all
Sex:
male
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
24.2 mg/kg bw
95% CL:
21.8 - 26.9
Sex:
female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
25 mg/kg bw
95% CL:
21.5 - 29.8
Mortality:
Most mortalities occurred within 5 min after treatment.
Clinical signs:
Localized necrotic lesions at the site of injection.
Body weight:
no data
Gross pathology:
not done

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Executive summary:

In this older study groups of 5 male and 5 female Wistar rats were dosed i.v. with chlorhexidine gluconate. The LD50 value for males and females was in a range of 24.2 - 25 mg/kg.