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EC number: - | 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
Biodegradation in water: screening tests
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- other: bibliography
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Justification for type of information:
- Data comes from an online compilation using secondary data sources. There is no experimental study reference, however data is cited as official publication.
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 C (Ready Biodegradability: Modified MITI Test (I))
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Specific details on test material used for the study:
- Linalyl acetate, purity 96.0%.
- Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Inoculum or test system:
- activated sludge (adaptation not specified)
- Details on inoculum:
- Activated sludge (30 mg/L): prepared from soil of river bank, sludge of a municipal treatment plant and sludge of an industrial sewage plant.
- 2 flasks Treated (basal culture medium + activated sludge + linalyl acetate (100-102 mg/L));
- 1 flask Positive Control (basal culture medium + activated sludge + Aniline (92 mg/L));
- 1 flask Blank Control (basal culture medium + activated sludge). - Duration of test (contact time):
- 28 d
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- > 75
- Sampling time:
- 28 d
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- not specified
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- Under the test conditions, linalyle acetate is readily biodegradable.
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- other: bibliography
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Justification for type of information:
- Data comes from an online compilation using secondary data sources. There is no experimental study reference, however data is cited in the database as peer reviewed.
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 C (Ready Biodegradability: Modified MITI Test (I))
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- source : NITE; Chemical Risk Information Platform (CHRIP). Biodegradation and Bioconcentration. Tokyo, Japan: Natl Inst Tech Eval. Available from, as of May 21, 2014: http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/db.html **PEER REVIEWED**
- Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Inoculum or test system:
- activated sludge (adaptation not specified)
- Details on inoculum:
- at 30 mg/L
- Duration of test (contact time):
- 4 wk
- Details on study design:
- Camphor, present at 100 mg/L, reached 94% of its theoretical BOD in 4 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test which classified the compound as readily biodegradable.
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- 94
- Sampling time:
- 4 wk
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- Camphor, present at 100 mg/L, reached 94% of its theoretical BOD in 4 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test which classified the compound as readily biodegradable(4).
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- other: bibliography
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Justification for type of information:
- Data comes from an online compilation using secondary data sources. There is no experimental study reference, however data is cited in the database as peer reviewed.
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 C (Ready Biodegradability: Modified MITI Test (I))
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- source : NITE; Chemical Risk Information Platform (CHRIP). Biodegradation and Bioconcentration. Tokyo, Japan: Natl Inst Tech Eval. Available from, as of Apr 24, 2015: http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/db.html (5) Misra G et al; Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
45: 831-8 (1996)] **PEER REVIEWED** - GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Inoculum or test system:
- activated sludge (adaptation not specified)
- Details on inoculum:
- Limonene, present at 100 mg/L, reached 73% of its theoretical BOD in 2 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- ca. 73
- Sampling time:
- 14 d
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- not specified
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- Under the test conditions, Limonene was readily biodegradable.
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- other: bibliography
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- data from handbook or collection of data
- Justification for type of information:
- Data comes from an online compilation using secondary data sources. There is no experimental study reference, however data is cited in the database as peer reviewed.
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 D (Ready Biodegradability: Closed Bottle Test)
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- (1) NITE; Chemical Risk Information Platform (CHRIP). Biodegradation and Bioconcentration. Tokyo, Japan: Natl Inst Tech Eval. Available from, as of Nov 20, 2015: http://www.safe.nite.go.jp/english/db.html
(2) ECHA; Search for Chemicals. Linalool (CAS 78-70-6) Registered Substances Dossier. European Chemical Agency. Available from, as of Nov 20, 2015: http://echa.europa.eu/
(3) OECD; SIDS Initial Assessment Report For SIAM 14, Linalool (CAS No. 78-70-6), March 2002. Available from, as of Nov 20, 2015: http://www.chem.unep.ch/irptc/sids/OECDSIDS/78706.pdf **PEER REVIEWED** - Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Inoculum or test system:
- activated sludge (adaptation not specified)
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- 90
- Sampling time:
- 4 wk
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- Linalool, present at 100 mg/L, reached 90% of its theoretical BOD in 4 weeks using an activated sludge inoculum at 30 mg/L in the Japanese MITI test which classified the compound as readily biodegradable
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Description of key information
86% of the UVCB substance is composed by readily biodegradable constituents (see table below):
Constituents |
CAS No |
% in the UVCB |
Biodegradation results |
source |
Linalool |
78-70-6 |
64% |
Readily biodegradable |
TOXNET / HSDB |
Linalyl acetate |
115-95-7 |
1% |
Readily biodegradable |
OECD SIDS - UNEP publication |
Camphor |
76-22-2 |
13% |
Readily biodegradable |
TOXNET / HSDB |
beta-ocimene | 13877 -91 -3 | 7% | Readily biodegradable | ECHA / REACH dossier |
Limonene | 138 -86 -3 | 1% | Readily biodegradable | TOXNET / HSDB |
Based on a Weight of Evidence approach, it can be possible to consider that LAVANDIN OIL light fraction is readily biodegradable.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
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