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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: oral

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
1964
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: no GLP and limited data on method and results.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1964
Report date:
1958

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
Principles of method if other than guideline:
The method used was based on scientifically accepted method.
GLP compliance:
no
Test type:
standard acute method
Limit test:
yes

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Hexadecyl lactate
EC Number:
252-478-7
EC Name:
Hexadecyl lactate
Cas Number:
35274-05-6
Molecular formula:
C19H38O3
IUPAC Name:
hexadecyl lactate
Test material form:
not specified
Details on test material:
no details available except the batch number which was 9597

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
other: Holtzman
Sex:
female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
The text animal were maintained on the regular diet of fox blox and water during the observation period of 7 days.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
not specified
Details on oral exposure:
A single dose of 5,10 and 20 ml /kg bw were administered intragastrically using a rigid stomach tube.
Doses:
5-20ml per kg bw of rat
No. of animals per sex per dose:
10
Control animals:
no

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Sex:
female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
> 20 other: ml/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Mortality:
none
Clinical signs:
none
Body weight:
no data
Gross pathology:
no data

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
practically nontoxic
Remarks:
Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: EU
Conclusions:
Did not produce any vissible toxic effect.
Executive summary:

The LD50 of the test material is more than 10 times than the maximum limit for classification of 2000 mg/kg bw.The results show that even at highest dose of 20ml/kg bw, no vissible toxic effect was seen.