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EC number: 269-212-0 | CAS number: 68201-32-1
- 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
Endpoint summary
Administrative data
Link to relevant study record(s)
Description of key information
Short description of key information on bioaccumulation potential result: No toxicokinetics and metabolism data are available for SAS or long chain LAS. SAS, being structurally similar to a long chain LAS, is likely to be oxidized to shorter chain length species in vivo. SAS is composed of both linear and branched alkyl chains, sulfonated in multiple places, and according to Michael (1968) systemically absorbed SAS would expected to some extent to be metabolized by omega/beta oxidation; the extent of metabolism may depend on the level of branched alkyl chains.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Bioaccumulation potential:
- no bioaccumulation potential
Additional information
No data exist on SAS or on similar long-chain Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate (LAS). However data are available for shorter chain LAS, which is likely to be more bioavailable than SAS (see below). If some of SAS linear and branched alkyl chains are bioavailable one would expect that their distribution, metabolism and excretion would be similar to shorter chain LAS. Therefore, toxicokinetic information on short chain LAS is considered in this section:
Studies on experimental animals have shown that short-chain LAS is readily absorbed, distributed throughout the body, and extensively metabolized. The parent compound and metabolites are excreted primarily via the urine and feces, although there are marked differences between the metabolite isomers in the route of excretion. The main urinary metabolites identified in rats are sulfo-phenylbutanoic acid and sulfophenylpentanoic acid, which are probably formed through omega-oxidation followed by beta-oxidation of LAS, although the metabolic pathways in primates may differ.
SAS has a high molecular weight compared to the sulfonates tested in the toxicokinetics studies described in Table 9, and because of this high molecular weight and low water solubility, it is probable that SAS will be absorbed generally to a much lower extent than shorter chain LAS. The low bioavailability of SAS is supported by the absence of significant toxicological effects following oral and inhalation administration of SAS (in the acute oral and inhalation toxicity studies and repeat dose oral toxicity study) which suggests that absorption from the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts is minimal. In addition, acute dermal and inhalation studies on structural surrogates support this low bioavailability from other exposure routes as indicated by 4-hr LC50 that ranged from >1.9 to >50 mg/L; and a dermal LD50 of >2,000 mg/kg (ACC, 2005).
No dermal toxicokinetic studies on structural surrogates were available. Subcutaneous studies conducted in monkeys exposed either one time or single daily doses for 7 consecutive days showed that most of the dose is excreted in the urine and faeces within 48 hrs (Creswell et al, 1978). In addition, the high molecular weight (MW > 500) suggests minimal dermal absorption.
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