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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: inhalation
Type of information:
migrated information: read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
03 Jun - 17 Jun 2010
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
other: see 'Remark'
Remarks:
GLP - Guideline study. According to the ECHA guidance document "Practical guide 6: How to report read-across and categories (March 2010)", the reliability was changed from RL1 to RL2 to reflect the fact that this study was conducted on a read-across substance.

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
2010
Report date:
2010

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
according to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 436 (Acute Inhalation Toxicity: Acute Toxic Class Method)
Version / remarks:
adopted in 2009
Deviations:
no
GLP compliance:
yes
Test type:
acute toxic class method
Limit test:
yes

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
2-ethylhexyl oleate
EC Number:
247-655-0
EC Name:
2-ethylhexyl oleate
Cas Number:
26399-02-0
Molecular formula:
C26H50O2
IUPAC Name:
2-ethylhexyl octadec-9-enoate

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
other: Crl:WI (Han)
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River Deutschland, Sulzfeld, Germany
- Age at study initiation: 9 weeks old
- Weight at study initiation: max. ± 20% of the sex mean
- Housing: Before exposure-Group housing of maximally 5 animals per sex per cage in labeled Makrolon cages (type IV; height 18cm.) containing sterilised sawdust as bedding material (Litalabo, S.P.P.S., Argenteuil, France) and paper as cage-enrichment (Enviro-dri, Wm. Lillico & Son (Wonham Mill Ltd), Surrey, UK). After exposure - Group housing as described above, maximally 3 animals per sex per cage.
- Diet: pelleted rodent diet (SM R/M-Z from SSNIFF Spezialdiäteb GmbH, Soest, Germany), ad libitum except during exposure to the test substance.
- Water: tap-water, ad libitum except during exposure to the test substance.
- Acclimation period: 5 days before the start of treatment under laboratory conditions.

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 21 ± 3
- Humidity (%): 40-70
- Air changes (per hr): 15 air changes per hour
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 / 12

IN-LIFE DATES: From: To:

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
inhalation: aerosol
Type of inhalation exposure:
nose only
Vehicle:
air
Details on inhalation exposure:
GENERATION OF TEST ATMOSPHERE / CHAMBER DESCRIPTION

- Exposure apparatus: The design of the exposure chamber is based on the flow past nose-pnly inhalation chamber (Am.Ind.Hyg Assoc.J. 44(12): 923-928, 1983). The chamber consists of animal sections with eight animal ports each. Each animal port has its own atmosphere inlet and exhaust outlet.

- Method of holding animals in test chamber: Animals are placed in restraining tubes, which is then connected to the exposure chamber.

- Source and rate of air: The theoretical air flow was at least 1L/min.

- System of generating aerosols: An aerosol was generated by nebulization of the test substance by means of a nebulizer (type 950,
Hospitak Inc., Lindenhurst, NY, USA). The primary aerosol was diluted with pressurized air before it entered the exposure chamber. The mean total airflow was 16 L/min. From the exposure chamber the test atmosphere was passed through a filter before it was released to the exhaust of the fume hood.

- Method of conditioning air: The direction of the flow of the test atmosphere guarantees a freshly generated atmosphere for each individual animal.

- Temperature, humidity, pressure in air chamber: The temperature of the atmosphere was between 20.0 and 20.7 °C and relative humidity was between 28 and 30%. These conditions were considered appropriate for the relatively short 4 hours exposure duration.


TEST ATMOSPHERE
- Brief description of analytical method used: Samples were drawn through a glass fiber filter (type APFC04700, Millipore, Billerica, MA, USA). The collected amount of test substance in the air sample was measured gravimetrically. Sample volumes were measured by means of a dry gas meter (type G 1.6, Actaris Meterfabriek B.V., Dordrecht, The Netherlands).
- Samples taken from breathing zone: yes


VEHICLE
- The test substance was used as delivered by the sponsor

TEST ATMOSPHERE (if not tabulated)
- MMAD (Mass median aerodynamic diameter) / GSD (Geometric st. dev.): The MMAD was 2.5 µm (GSD 2.4) and 2.6 µm (GSD 2.3).

CLASS METHOD (if applicable)
- Rationale for the selection of the starting concentration: Target concentrations were based on the cut off concentration values specified in the UN and EC classification guidelines.
Analytical verification of test atmosphere concentrations:
yes
Remarks:
gravimetrically
Duration of exposure:
4 h
Concentrations:
The mean actual concentration was 5.7 ± 0.4 mg/L. The nominal concentration was 15.4 mg/L. The generation efficiency (ratio of actual and nominal concentration) was 37%. Data obtained from the opacity monitor showed that the aerosol was sufficiently stable.
No. of animals per sex per dose:
3
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
- Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
- Frequency of observations and weighing:
Mortality/Viability: twice daily
Clinical signs: twice on the day of dosing (1 and 3 hours after exposure); daily thereafter until day 15
Body weight: recorded on day1 (pre-exposure), 2, 4, 8 and 15
- Necropsy of survivors performed: yes
- Other examinations performed: clinical signs, body weight,organ weights, histopathology
All animals were sacrificed at the end of the observation period by an intraperitoneal injection with Euthasol® (AST Farma BV, Oudewater, The Netherlands).
Statistics:
No statistical analysis was performed (the method used was not intended to calculate a LC50 value).

Results and discussion

Effect levelsopen allclose all
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
LC50
Effect level:
> 5.7 mg/L air (analytical)
Based on:
test mat.
Exp. duration:
4 h
Remarks on result:
other: No mortalities occured. Apart from hunched position observed in all on day2 after exposure, no further signs of adverse toxicity were observed until the end of the 14 day observation period.
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
LC50
Effect level:
> 15.4 mg/L air (nominal)
Based on:
test mat.
Exp. duration:
4 h
Mortality:
No mortalities occured during the 14-day observation period.
Clinical signs:
other: Hunched posture was shown by all animals on Day 2 after exposure. No clinical signs were noted during exposure.
Body weight:
Body weight gain in males and females were within the range expected for rats of this strain and age used in this type of study.

Gross pathology:
No abnormalities were found at macroscopic post mortem examination of the animals.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
not classified
Remarks:
Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: EU
Conclusions:
CLP: not classified
DSD: not classified