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EC number: 200-795-6 | CAS number: 73-22-3
- 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
Biodegradation in water: screening tests
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 2007-01-11 to 2007-02-09
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: GLP guideline study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 007
- Report date:
- 2007
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 B (Ready Biodegradability: CO2 Evolution Test)
- Version / remarks:
- (1992)
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes (incl. QA statement)
- Remarks:
- Dr. U. NOACK-LABORATORIEN, Käthe-Paulus-Straße 1, D-31157 Sarstedt (Germany)
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- L-tryptophan
- EC Number:
- 200-795-6
- EC Name:
- L-tryptophan
- Cas Number:
- 73-22-3
- Molecular formula:
- C11H12N2O2
- IUPAC Name:
- L-tryptophan
Constituent 1
Study design
- Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Inoculum or test system:
- activated sludge, non-adapted
- Details on inoculum:
- - Source of inoculum/activated sludge (e.g. location, sampling depth, contamination history, procedure): Activated sludge was sampled at the municipal sewage treatment plant at Hildesheim (Germany) which treated mostly municipal sewage (industrial chemical waste: 30-33% )
- Preparation of inoculum for exposure: The activated sludge was washed twice with autoclaved tap water. After the second washing the settled sludge was filled up with mineral salts medium and was maintained in an aerobic condition by aeration for 4 h. Thereafter the sludge was homogenized with a blender. The supernatant was decanted and maintained in an aerobic condition by aeration with CO2 free air for 5 d.
- Pretreatment: no
- Initial cell/biomass concentration: 10E7-10E8 CFU/L - Duration of test (contact time):
- 28 d
Initial test substance concentration
- Initial conc.:
- 20 mg/L
- Based on:
- test mat.
Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation
- Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation:
- CO2 evolution
- Details on study design:
- TEST CONDITIONS
- Composition of medium: according to OECD Guideline 301 B/CO2 Evolution Test
- Additional substrate: no
- Solubilising agent (type and concentration if used): not used
- Test temperature: 22 +/- 2°C
- pH: 6.61-6.76 in all test vessels on day 28
- pH adjusted: no
- Continuous darkness: no (low light conditions)
TEST SYSTEM
- Culturing apparatus: 5 L brown glass bottles
- Number of culture flasks/concentration: 2
- Method used to create aerobic conditions: The incubation vessels were aerated for 24 h with CO2 free air
- Measuring equipment: pH-Meter, Multilab 340i, WTW; Thermohygrograph, type 3.015/3 K; Flow meter, Krohne Duisburg TYP DK 800 PV
- Test performed in closed vessels: yes
- Details of trap for CO2: The outlet of the incubation vessels were connected with the adsorption vessels arranged in series. Each of the three adsorption vessels (gas wash bottles) contained 100 mL of a 0.0125 mol/L Ba(OH)2 solution. Backtitration of the residual Ba(OH)2 was carried out with 0.05 N HCl.
SAMPLING
- Sampling frequency: sampling was performed on days 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, and after acidification on day 29
CONTROL AND BLANK SYSTEM
- Inoculum blank: performed
- Toxicity control: performed
- Other: functional control with the reference substance performed
Reference substance
- Reference substance:
- benzoic acid, sodium salt
- Remarks:
- (20 mg/L)
Results and discussion
% Degradation
- Parameter:
- % degradation (CO2 evolution)
- Value:
- 77
- Sampling time:
- 28 d
BOD5 / COD results
- Results with reference substance:
- The functional control sodium benzoate reached the pass level of 60% after 5 d and came to 100% after 14 d. The validity criterion of the guideline degradation >=60% after 14 d was fulfilled.
Any other information on results incl. tables
The biodegradation of L-tryptophan was investigated in a study conducted according to OECD Guideline 301 B. The following results were obtained for L-tryptophan, the functional control, and the toxicity control
Table 1: CO2 production and biodegradation in the control and test item samples
Study day |
Control (mg CO2/ 3L) |
Test item (20 mg/L) |
|||||
Replicate 1 |
Replicate 2 |
||||||
(mg CO2/ 3L) |
Degr. (%) |
(mg CO2/ 3L) |
Degr. (%) |
||||
Gross |
Net sum |
Gross |
Net sum |
||||
1 |
4.3 |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10.7 |
52.9 |
42.2 |
30 |
52.8 |
42.1 |
30 |
6 |
10.3 |
46.0 |
77.9 |
55 |
46.9 |
78.7 |
55 |
8 |
8.5 |
30.0 |
99.4 |
70 |
28.1 |
98.3 |
69 |
11 |
10.2 |
20.1 |
109.3 |
77 |
18.2 |
106.3 |
75 |
14 |
13.7 |
16.2 |
111.8 |
79 |
13.3 |
106.3 |
75 |
18 |
14.0 |
14.1 |
111.9 |
79 |
13.0 |
106.3 |
75 |
21 |
10.3 |
10.5 |
112.1 |
79 |
8.6 |
106.3 |
75 |
25 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
112.3 |
79 |
10.8 |
106.3 |
75 |
28 |
10.3 |
9.8 |
112.3 |
79 |
9.6 |
106.3 |
75 |
29* |
8.1 |
6.5 |
112.3 |
79 |
5.6 |
106.3 |
75 |
*results of the last two gas wash bottles
The test substance reached the 10% level after 2 d and the pass level of 60% after 7 d. The mean biodegradation came to 77% after 29 d. The test substance fulfills the guideline criterion of ready biodegradation and can therefore regarded as readily biodegradable.
Table 2: CO2 production and biodegradation in the control, functional control and toxicity control samples
Study day |
Control (mg CO2/ 3L) |
Functional control (20 mg/L) |
Toxicity control (20 mg/L reference substance + 20 mg/L test item |
||||
(mg CO2/ 3L) |
Degr. (%) |
(mg CO2/ 3L) |
Degr. (%) |
||||
Gross |
Net sum |
Gross |
Net sum |
||||
1 |
4.3 |
16.3 |
12.0 |
9 |
3.1 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10.7 |
52.4 |
53.7 |
42 |
53.0 |
42.3 |
16 |
6 |
10.3 |
46.6 |
90.0 |
70 |
52.8 |
84.8 |
31 |
8 |
8.5 |
29.8 |
111.3 |
87 |
52.8 |
129.1 |
48 |
11 |
10.2 |
21.6 |
122.7 |
96 |
52.8 |
171.7 |
64 |
14 |
13.7 |
19.7 |
128.7 |
100 |
45.2 |
203.2 |
75 |
18 |
14.0 |
22.0 |
136.7 |
100 |
24.5 |
213.7 |
79 |
21 |
10.3 |
15.1 |
141.5 |
100 |
20.1 |
223.5 |
83 |
25 |
12.7 |
17.6 |
146.4 |
100 |
23.7 |
234.5 |
87 |
28 |
10.3 |
16.5 |
152.6 |
100 |
17.3 |
241.5 |
89 |
29* |
8.1 |
7.1 |
152.6 |
100 |
8.5 |
241.9 |
90 |
*results of the last two gas wash bottles
The functional control reached the pass level of 60% after 5 d and came to 100% after 14 d. The validity criterion degradation >=60% was fulfilled. In the toxicity control a biodegradation of 75% occurred within 14 d and came to 90% after 28 d. The biodegradation of the reference item was not inhibited by the test item. In the inoculum control a maximum of 37.7 mg CO2/L was formed after 28 d and thus fulfilling the validity criterion of the guideline (<40 mg CO2/L after 28 d). The validity criterion that the difference of extremes of replicate values of removal of the test item at the end of the test, at the plateau or at the end of the 10-d-window as appropriate must be less than 20% was also fulfilled.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- In a study conducted according to OECD Guideline 301 B, L-tryptophan proved to be readily biodegradable and fulfilling the 10-d-window criterion (77% biodegradation after 28 d).
- Executive summary:
The ready biodegradation of L-tryptophan was investigated in a study conducted according to OECD Guideline 301 B (Ready Biodegradability: CO2 Evolution Test) over a period of 28 days and using non-adapted activated sludge as inoculum. The biodegradation rate was determined by measurement of CO2 evolution. Inoculum blank, procedural/functional control with reference substance sodium benzoate, and toxicity control using 20 mg/L test item and 20 mg/L reference compound were performed.
This study is regarded as reliable without restriction and satisfies the guideline requirements for ready biodegradation.
The test item proved to be readily biodegradable and fulfilling the 10-d-window criterion (77% biodegradation after 28 d). The functional control reached the pass level > 60% after 14 d. In the toxicity control containing both test and reference item 75% biodegradation based on ThCO2 occurred within 14 d thus indicating that the test item was not inhibitory at the concentration tested.
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