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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: other routes

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: other routes
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
supporting study
Reliability:
3 (not reliable)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
significant methodological deficiencies
Remarks:
1. Very limited information on methodology and results reported. 2. Non-standard method for acute toxicity testing.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Dominant lethal mutagenicity study on hair dyes
Author:
Burnett C, Loehr R, Corbett J
Year:
1977
Bibliographic source:
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health 2, 657-662

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
no guideline followed
GLP compliance:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
o-phenylenediamine
EC Number:
202-430-6
EC Name:
o-phenylenediamine
Cas Number:
95-54-5
Molecular formula:
C6H8N2
IUPAC Name:
benzene-1,2-diamine

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
other: Charles River CD
Sex:
male/female

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
intraperitoneal
Vehicle:
other: 10% DMSO
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5 per group

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
516 mg/kg bw
95% CL:
474 - 560

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
LD50 (rat): 516 mg/kg
Executive summary:

The LD50 in the rat after ip injection was reported as 516 mg/kg.