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Please be aware that this old REACH registration data factsheet is no longer maintained; it remains frozen as of 19th May 2023.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

Ecotoxicological information

Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria

Currently viewing:

Administrative data

Link to relevant study record(s)

Description of key information

The determination of the growth inhibition of the freshwater algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata exposed to the test item 4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide for a duration of 72 hours was assessed according to the OECD Guideline 201. ErC50-72h was determined as 30 mg/L
 

Key value for chemical safety assessment

EC50 for freshwater algae:
30 mg/L
EC10 or NOEC for freshwater algae:
18 mg/L

Additional information

The determination of the growth inhibition of the freshwater algae Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata (previously known as Raphidocelis subcapitata and Selenastrum capricornutum) exposed to the test item 4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide for a duration of 72 hours was assessed according to the OECD Guideline 201.

Algae were exposed to 1 to 100 mg

4-methyl-3-thiosemicarbazide

/L dissolved in dilution water. The concentrations of test item causing a 50% reduction in biomass (EbC50) and in growth rate (ErC50) were estimated over a time period of 72 hours. The results were as follows:

 

 

Endpoint

EC50-72h, mg/L

(95%CI)

EC10-72h, mg/L

Cell growth – Biomass (b)

26 (ND)

15 (ND)

Growth rate – Cell multiplication (r)

30 (13 – 75)

18 (2.9-32)

CI: confidence interval; ND: not determined