Registration Dossier
Registration Dossier
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EC number: 942-582-7 | CAS number: -
Acute Toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- weight of evidence
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Peer reviewed secondary data source.
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- other: EU database
- Title:
- International Uniform Chemical Information Database
- Author:
- European Commission
- Year:
- 2 000
- Bibliographic source:
- Year 2000 CD-ROM edition.
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Potassium Sulfate.
- Author:
- Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
- Year:
- 1 999
- Bibliographic source:
- National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Potassium Chloride.
- Author:
- RTECS
- Year:
- 1 999
- Bibliographic source:
- Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS).
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Guideline:
- other: not mentioned
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Test type:
- other: acute oral toxicity
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Potassium sulfate (K2SO4)
- IUPAC Name:
- Potassium sulfate (K2SO4)
- Details on test material:
- no data
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- not specified
- Sex:
- not specified
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- no data
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: unspecified
- Vehicle:
- not specified
- Details on oral exposure:
- no data
- Details on study design:
- no data
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Key result
- Sex:
- not specified
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 6 600 mg/kg bw
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- other: not specified
- Conclusions:
- LD50 (rat) for Potassium sulfate = 6600 mg/kg bw
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