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EC number: 203-916-0 | CAS number: 111-86-4
- 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
Repeated dose toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- short-term repeated dose toxicity: oral
- Remarks:
- combined repeated dose and reproduction / developmental screening
- Type of information:
- migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 2005-10-12 through 2007-07-30
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: GLP guideline study with acceptable restrictions; but as read-across from supporting substance maximum reliability is 2. Read-across hypothesis: for details please see read-across report in IUCLID section 13.
Cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 007
- Report date:
- 2007
- Reference Type:
- other: TSCA 8(e)
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 005
- Report date:
- 2005
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 422 (Combined Repeated Dose Toxicity Study with the Reproduction / Developmental Toxicity Screening Test)
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Octylammonium chloride
- EC Number:
- 205-574-8
- EC Name:
- Octylammonium chloride
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): octylamine hydrochloride
- Molecular formula (if other than submission substance): C8H19N.ClH
- Molecular weight (if other than submission substance): 165.704 g/mol.
- Substance type: ammonium salt
- Analytical purity: 99.9%
- Purity test date: 2005-05-11
- Lot/batch No.: A0212784
- Expiration date of the lot/batch:
- Stability under test conditions: yes, given under study conditions
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- other: Crl:CD (SD) IGS BR
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River Laboratories, Inc., Raleigh, NC
- Age at study initiation: 81 days
- Weight at study initiation: 355.2 - 450.2 grams (males) and 196.3 - 309.0 grams (females)
- Fasting period before study: 15 hours (only animals from which samples were taken for clinical pathology evaluation: hematology, clinical chemistry, and urinalysis)
- Housing: individually during non-mating periods
- Diet: PMI Nutrition International, Certiifed Rodent LabDiet 5002 ad libitum, except when fasted
- Water: ad libitum
- Acclimation period: 28 days
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 18-26
- Humidity (%): 30-70
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- water
- Details on oral exposure:
- PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS:
- mixing of test substance with NanoPure water (procedure documented in the study records)
- pH was adjusted to values between 4.0 an 6.0 prior to dosing
- Storage: refrigerated up to 7 days of the low, intermediate,and high dose solution
- stability: demonstrated
- Dose volume: 4 mL/kg bw
- Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- yes
- Details on analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- Dosing samples were diluted to a concentration of 0.100 mg/mL; the pH was adjusted with 8 N NaOH, the samples were then extracted with toluene containing decylamine as internal standard. Duülicate sample analysis was performed using Gas Chromatography.
- Duration of treatment / exposure:
- Males: 47-48 days/Females: 42-46 days
- Frequency of treatment:
- daily
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
0 (Vehicle), 37.5, 75, and 150/100 mg/kg/day
Basis:
actual ingested
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 12
- Control animals:
- yes, concurrent vehicle
- Details on study design:
- - Dose selection rationale: based on the results of two range-finding studies
- Positive control:
- not required
Examinations
- Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
- CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: at least daily
- Cage side observations checked were included
DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule:
BODY WEIGHT: Yes / No / No data
- Time schedule for examinations: once during pretets (baseline) and weekly thereafter. Observations included (but were not limited to) evaluation
of fur, skin, eyes, mucous membranes, occurrence of secretions and excretions, autonomic nervous system activity (lacrimation, piloerection, and unusual respiratory pattern), changes in gait, posture, response to handling, presence of clonic, tonic, stereotypical, or bizarre behavior.
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if feeding study): not applicable
OPHTHALMOSCOPIC EXAMINATION: No
HAEMATOLOGY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: test days 13-14; coagulation at study termination, test days 42-47
- Anaesthetic used for blood collection: Yes (carbon dioxide)
- Animals fasted: Yes
- How many animals: all F0 animals
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: test days 13-14
- Animals fasted: Yes
- How many animals: all F0 animals
URINALYSIS: Yes / No / No data
- Time schedule for collection of urine: test days 13-14
- Metabolism cages used for collection of urine: Yes
- Animals fasted: Yes
NEUROBEHAVIOURAL EXAMINATION: Yes / No / No data
- Time schedule for examinations:
- Prior to tretment: test days 7-8 (males and females)
- Prior to the end of the premating period: test days 12-13 (males and females)
- No. of replicates: 4 for each evaluation
- Dose groups that were examined: all groups, all animals
- Battery of functions tested: sensory activity / grip strength / motor activity / - Sacrifice and pathology:
- GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes
HISTOPATHOLOGY: Yes
- Animals examined:
- Reproductive organs: all (12/sex/dose) control and high dose animals
- Other tissues: from randomly selected animals (5/sex/dose)
- Trachea: from all adult rats
- Pups: no microscopical examinations - Statistics:
- Primarily, Levene's test for homogeneity, one-way analysis of variance, Dunnett's test, Kruskal-Wallis test, Dunn's test and Cochran-Armitage test
for trend
Results and discussion
Results of examinations
- Clinical signs:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Mortality:
- mortality observed, treatment-related
- Body weight and weight changes:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Food efficiency:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Water consumption and compound intake (if drinking water study):
- not specified
- Ophthalmological findings:
- not examined
- Haematological findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Clinical biochemistry findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Urinalysis findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Behaviour (functional findings):
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Gross pathological findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Histopathological findings: non-neoplastic:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Histopathological findings: neoplastic:
- no effects observed
- Details on results:
- EFFECTS BY DOSE LEVEL:
Low dose group: 37.5 mg/kg bw/day:
F0 parental animals
CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS/CLINICAL PATHOLOGY/URINALYSIS/PATHOLOGY
-statistically significant reductions in body weights (-6%) and body weight gain (-17%) in males from the first week to the end of the study
- slight (not statistically significant) reductions in body weights (-2%/-8%) and body weight gain (-48%/-14%) in females as compared with controls, during premating and gestation, respectively.
-statistically significant reductions in food consumption (-6%) in males during premating
-slight (not statistically significant) reductions in food consumption in females during premating (-8%) and gestation (-12%)
-statistically significant decrease in hemoglobin concentration on day 14 in females, minimal (-4%), not dose-related
-minimal tracheal lesions in males, dosing-related, likely the result of topical exposure to the test substance
Intermediate dose group, 75 mg/kg bw/day:
F0 parental animals
CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS/CLINICAL PATHOLOGY/URINALYSIS/PATHOLOGY
-salivation in 7/12 males and in 1/12 females during premating
-statistically significant reductions in body weights (-6%) and body weight gain (-20%), as compared with controls, in males from the first week to the
end of the study
-slight (not statistically significant) reductions in body weights (-3%/-6%) and body weight gain (-27%/-10%) as compared with controls, in females during premating and gestation, respectively
-statistically significant reductions in food consumption (-8%) in males during premating
-slight (not statistically significant) reductions in food consumption in females during premating (-9%) and gestation (-12%)
-minimal tracheal lesions in males and females, dosing-related, likely the result of topical exposure to the test substance
High dose group, 150/100 mg/kg bw/day:
F0 parental animals:
MORTALITY:
Two female rats and one male rat in the150 mg/kg/day group were found dead on test days 8 to 12. Autopsy suggested a dosing accident aggravated by the irritation from the test substance.
CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS/CLINICAL PATHOLOGY/URINALYSIS/PATHOLOGY
-salivation in 12/12 male animals, in 12/12 females during premating, and in 2/12 females during gestation
-irregular respiration, lung noise, and fur-staining (face and nose). Diarrhea, gasping, hunched-over posture, weakness, and abnormal gait/mobility in one male
-statistically significant reductions in body weights (-12%) and body weight gain (-43%) as compared with controls, in males from the first week to the
end of the study
-slight (not statistically significant) reductions in body weights (-2%/-7%) and body weight gain(-41%/-11%) as compared with controls, in females during premating and gestation, respectively
-statistically significant reductions in food consumption (-13%) in males during premating
-slight (not statistically significant) reductions in food consumption in females during premating (-8%) and gestation (-11%)
-minimal to mild tracheal lesions in males and females, dosing-related, likely the result of topical exposure to the test substance
-statistically significant decrease in mean cell hemoglobin concentration (-1%) on day 14 in females, without associated changes in other white blood
cell parameters, not treatment-related
-statistically significant increase in eosinophils (200%) on day 13 in males, without associated changes in other white blood cell parameters or
correlative histologic changes, possibly treatment-related, but not considered adverse
-statistically significant decrease in absolute heart weight (-13%) as compared with controls, in males accompanied by slight (not significant)
decreases in most other absolute and relative organ weights in males and females, all without microscopic changes and probably related to overall
decrease in body weights
-statistically significant increase in relative adrenal gland (36%) and testes (14%) weights in males, without microscopic changes
Effect levels
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- ca. 100 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)
- Sex:
- male/female
- Basis for effect level:
- other: no adverse effects on clinical signs; mortality; body weight; food consumption; food efficiency; haematology; clinical chemistry; urinalysis; gross pathology; organ weights; histopathology
Target system / organ toxicity
- Critical effects observed:
- not specified
Any other information on results incl. tables
Read-across hypothesis: for details please see read-across report in IUCLID section 13.
Microscopic Findings
Dosing-related microscopic findings were observed in the trachea (mucosal metaplasia, hyperplasia, and inflammation) of males and females at all dose levels. However, these tracheal lesions were interpreted to be the result of inadvertent direct exposure of the trachea to the test substance during dosing and not the effect of gavage exposure. Therefore, these microscopic findings were not test substance-related in the context of a gavage study.
Table: Incidences of Dosing-Related Microscopic Findings in Male and Female Rats
|
Male |
Female |
||||||
Dose (mg/kg bw/day) |
0 |
37.5 |
75 |
150/100 |
0 |
37.5 |
75 |
150/100 |
Number of rats at sacrifice |
12 |
12 |
12 |
11 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
Trachea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Metaplasia, mucosal |
1 |
4 |
11 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
Hyperplasia, mucosal |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Inflammation, mucosal |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
The authors interpreted the underlined to be dosing-related increases in microscopic findings.
Trachea
Squamous metaplasia of the proximal to mid-cervical trachea was observed in more than half of the male (18/23) and female (11/22) rats given >/= 75 mg/kg/day and in one-third (4/12) of the male rats given 37.5 mg/kg/day of the test substance. All cases were graded as minimal (grade 1 of 4), except for two males (one each at 75 and 150/100 mg/kg/day) that were graded as mild
The metaplasia consisted of the partial replacement of the normal ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelium (i.e., respiratory epithelium) on the ventral and lateral aspects of the tracheal mucosa with deciliated round and/or flattened epithelial cells resembling mucous membrane. In two males (one each at 37.5 and 75 mg/kg/day), the metaplasia was associated with minimal hyperplasia. In two females (one each at 75 and 150/100 mg/kg/day), the metaplasia was associated with minimal inflammation.
The minimal to mild squamous metaplasia, and associated hyperplasia and inflammation, was probably the result of transient topical exposure of the tracheal mucosa to the test substance following gavage administration. These minimal to mild lesions in surviving rats contrast with the moderate (grade 3 of 4) to severe (grade 4 of 4) tracheal ulceration and inflammation observed in the two decedent females that died following accidental administration of the test substance to the trachea.
The minimal to mild metaplasia observed in the surviving rats was interpreted to be a nonadverse adaptive response, most likely reversible, which was due to transient esophageal reflux or imperfect dosing. The four incidences of minimal tracheal inflammation or hyperplasia were also considered to be artifacts of the dosing procedure rather than test-substance related effects.
Other
All other microscopic observations in this study were consistent with normal background lesions in rats of this age and strain.
One neoplasm occurred in this study. A malignant renal mesenchymal tumor was observed in a kidney from a high-dose female rat (Animal Number 805). Although this is an uncommon neoplasm, the individual occurrence was considered to be incidental and not test substance related.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- The NOAEL for systemic toxicity is considered to be 100 mg/kg bw/day, based on the absence of systemic toxicity. Observed effects regarding clinical signs, tracheal irritation/inflammation/metaplasia, and body weight reduction, are small and/or attributable to maldosing and/or reflux of the irritating test chemical, rather than to systemic toxicity. There was no target organ identified.
- Executive summary:
Octylamine-HCl was examined for its potential for repeated toxicity, developmental and neurotoxicity in a combined OECD TG 422 study under GLP conditions. The dose levels used (0, 37.5, 75, an 100/150 mg/kg bw/day; oral gavage; 12 rats/sex/dose) were selected based on the results of two range finding studies, one in the range 100-1000 mg/kg bw/day, and one in the range 3-100 mg/kg bw/day. The high dose group was initially dosed at 150 mg/kg bw/day, but this was lowered 100 mg/kg bw/day by test day 14 because two mortalities were seen in this group. Therefore, this dose level is called “100/150 mg/kg bw/day”. It should however be mentioned that subsequent examinations revealed that these mortalities resulted from maldosing and were not related to the test substance.
Thus, there were no substance-related mortalities in this study, and with few exceptions there were no changes in clinical signs of toxicity, clinic-chemical parameters, hematology, urinalysis, gross observations, organ weights, and histopathology that were attributable to the test substance and of statistical or biological relevance. Effects on male and female body weight, clinical signs including salivation, and changes in the trachea were observed as follows:
Tracheal changes
Minimal to mild squamousmetaplasia, and associated hyperplasia and inflammation, was seen in all treated groups. This was probably the result of transient topical exposure of the tracheal mucosa to the test substance following gavage administration. These minimal to mild lesions in surviving rats contrast with the moderate (grade 3 of 4) to severe (grade 4 of 4) tracheal ulceration and inflammation observed in the two decedent females that died following accidental administration of the test substance to the trachea.The minimal to mild metaplasia observed in the surviving rats was interpreted to be a nonadverse adaptive response, most likely reversible, which was due to transient esophageal reflux or imperfect dosing. The four incidences of minimal tracheal inflammation or hyperplasia were also considered to be artifacts of the dosing procedure rather than test substance-related effects.
Table: Incidences of Dosing-Related Microscopic Findings in Male and Female Rats
Male
Female
Dose (mg/kg bw/day)
0
37.5
75
150/100
0
37.5
75
150/100
Number of rats at sacrifice
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
10
Trachea
Metaplasia,mucosal
1
4
11
7
1
1
5
6
Hyperplasia,mucosal
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
Inflammation,mucosal
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
The authors interpreted the underlined to be dosing-related increases in microscopic findings.
The following should be noted in this context:
- in the definitive study, irritation of the stomach, esophagus, or small intestine was not reported.
- in the range finding study, gross lesions of the stomach lining were seen following a single 1000 mg/kg bw dose, and after three to four doses of 500 mg/kg bw/day. No stomach lesions were seen in rats at 200 or 100 mg/kgbw.
- Tracheal lesions were considered to result from maldosing or esophageal reflux of the irritating octylamine-HCL solution, despite the pH was adjusted to 4.0-6.0 prior to dosing. The dose volume was only 4 mL/kg bw throughout all studies.
Clinical signs
The incidence of clinical signs was as follows:
Male
Female
Dose (mg/kg bw/day)
0
37.5
75
150/100
0
37.5
75
150/100
Number of rats at sacrifice
12
12
12
11
12
12
12
10
Weak, hunched position
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Lung noise
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
Salivation
0
0
7
12
0
0
1
12
Lung noise was observed only in high dose rats. Weak animals showed also lung noise or noisy respiration. Maldosing or reflux cannot be excluded to be responsible for lung noise, as tracheal metaplasia was seen in 2 of the 4 animals which showed lung noise.
Salivation in mid dose males was seen on individual days scattered over the entire study period, and lasted only one day (e.g. day 2-2; day 36-36; etc.). At the high dose, salivation was seen in all animals and persisted for several days. This could result from bad taste, but the biological relevance is, however, not clear.
Body weight
Compared to controls, body weight was slightly reduced in treated groups, reaching a level of statistical significance in males. The biological relevance is, however low, because the changes are small and are paralleled by reductions in food consumption which can explain the body weight reductions, rather than test substance-related toxicity.
Males
Females
Dose (mg/kg bw/day)
37.5
75
150/100
37.5
75
150/100
Reduction body weight (%)
-6*
-6*
-12*
-2 (premating)
-8 (gestation)
-2 (premating)
-6 (gestation)
-2 (premating)
-7 (gestation)
Reduction food consumption (%)
-6*
-8*
-13*
-8 (premating)
-12 (gestation)
-9 (premating)
-12 (gestation)
-8 (premating)
-11 (gestation)
Based on the above, and taking results of the range-finding studies into consideration, it is concluded that the test substance (octylamine hydrochloride; pH adjusted to 4.0-6.0; dose volume 4 mL/kg bw) was irritating. It caused respiratory problems and tracheal irritation after maldosing and/or reflux. The food intake was slightly reduced and led to slight reductions of body weight and body weight gain.
The observed clinical signs and slightly reduced body weights are therefore considered to be secondary, rather than to reflect systemic toxicity of the test substance. Therefore, the NOAEL for systemic toxicity is considered to be 100 mg/kg bw/day under the conditions of this study (DuPont, 2007).
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