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EC number: 211-765-7 | CAS number: 693-98-1
- 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
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- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
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- 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
Genetic toxicity: in vivo
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- in vivo mammalian germ cell study: gene mutation
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: GLP compliant guideline study, available as unpublished report, no restrictions, fully adequate for assessment.
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 990
- Report date:
- 1990
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 478 (Genetic Toxicology: Rodent Dominant Lethal Test)
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Type of assay:
- rodent dominant lethal assay
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 2-methylimidazole
- EC Number:
- 211-765-7
- EC Name:
- 2-methylimidazole
- Cas Number:
- 693-98-1
- Molecular formula:
- C4H6N2
- IUPAC Name:
- 2-methyl-1H-imidazole
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): 2-METHYLIMIDAZOL
- Analytical purity: 98.6%
- Batch No.: Fis 4/137/2
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- mouse
- Strain:
- NMRI
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: BRL, Biological Research Laboratories Ltd. (Wölferweg 4, CH 4414 Füllinsdorf, Switzerland)
- Age at study initiation: 8 weeks
- Weight at study initiation: 30-40 g (males) and 20-30 g (females)
- Assigned to test groups randomly: yes
- Housing: for mating, the animais were housed overnight in Makrolon cage type II in the ratio 1 male : 1 female. During the day, males were housed singly (Makrolon cage type II). After mating the females, the males were housed individually (Makrolon type II) prior to the next mating period. After 4 days or after mating, females were housed for a maximum of 10 per cage (Makrolon cages type III) until necropsy. All cages were equiped with wire mesh tops and standardized granulated softwood bedding (Lignocel, Schill AG, CH 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland).
- Diet: pelleted standard Kliba 343 rat/mouse maintenance diet (Kliba, Klingentalmuehle AG, CM 4303 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland), ad libitum
- Water: ad libitum.
- Acclimation period: 1 week
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 22 ± 3
- Humidity (%): 40-70
- Air changes (per hr): 10-15
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 / 12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- intraperitoneal
- Vehicle:
- - Vehicle used: water
- Details on exposure:
- DOSING SOLUTIONS: all groups received a volume of 5 mL/kg body weight with adjustment of individual volume to the actual body weight. The control articles and the test article were administered once on the day of starting pairing.
PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS: The test article was weighed into a glass beaker on a tared precision balance (Mettler PE 360) and the vehicle added (w/v). The mixtures were prepared prior to administration using a homogenizer. - Duration of treatment / exposure:
- single intraperitoneal injection
- Frequency of treatment:
- single intraperitoneal injection
- Post exposure period:
- 14 days
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
90 and 180 mg/kg bw
Basis:
other: actual received
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 40 treated males and 240 untreated females
- Control animals:
- yes, concurrent vehicle
- Positive control(s):
- methylmethanesulfonate in NaCl solution
- Route of administration: intraperitoneal
- Dose: 80 mg/kg bw
Examinations
- Tissues and cell types examined:
- FEMALES:
On day 14 after mating, female mlce were killed by cervical dislocation, autopsled and the uteri examined for the number of live embryos and embryonic deaths. In addition, uteri without visible implantatlons were placed into a solution of ammonium sulphide to visualize early embryonlc resorptions (Salewski, E., Arch. Exp. Path. Pharmak. 247 (1964), 367 - 386).
MALES:
After the last mating period, males were killed by cervical dlslocation and discarded. - Evaluation criteria:
- The following formula (Ehling, U. H., et al., 1978) was used for the calculation of dominant lethal factors:
FL% = (1 - (live implants per female of the test group/live implants per female of the control group)) x 100
This formula has the advantage that the spontaneous lethal rate, which is independent of the treatment and is specific for each mouse strain, is eliminated so that the proportion of lethal effects induced by the treatment is directly evident.
Male and female fertility indices, mating-, pregnancy-, implantation ratios and number of percentages of live and dead embryos were calculated and reported for each week. Dam and sire were identified on all data. - Statistics:
- The following statistical methods were used to analyze body weights data of the males and the proportion of live embryos and embryonic deaths at each mating period.
- Univariate one-way analysis of variance was used to assess the significance of intergroup differences.
- If the variables could be assumed to follow a normal distribution, the Dunnett-test (many-one t-test), based on a pooled variance estimate, was applied for the comparison between the treated groups and the control group.
- Fisher's Exact test for 2x2 tables was applied if the variables could be dichotomized without loss of information.
Individual values, means, standard deviations and t-statistics were rounded off before printing.
Results and discussion
Test results
- Sex:
- male/female
- Genotoxicity:
- negative
- Toxicity:
- yes
- Vehicle controls validity:
- valid
- Negative controls validity:
- valid
- Positive controls validity:
- valid
- Additional information on results:
- - The single intrapenitoneal injection of the substance to male mice caused ruffled fur during a period of fifteen days at the 180 mg/kg bw dose level. No further reaction to treatment was observed.
- The mean body weight gain was similar in all groups during the entire study.
- The calculated dominant lethal factors as well as the mating, pregnancy and implantation ratios yielded no test article-related differences from both
dose groups in comparison wlth the vehicle control group. All differences noted were within the normal range of variations for animals of this strain and age.
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