Potassium sodium tartrate

Developmental toxicity / teratogenicity

Administrative data

Endpoint:

developmental toxicity

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

supporting study

Reliability:

2 (reliable with restrictions)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: Well documented report equivalent or similar to OECD guidelines

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

1973

Report date:

1973

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Qualifier:

equivalent or similar to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 414 (Prenatal Developmental Toxicity Study)

GLP compliance:

not specified

Limit test:

no

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

FDA 71-55

IUPAC Name:

FDA 71-55

Details on test material:

- Name of test material (as cited in study report): tartaric acid
- Physical state: fine white crystalline material

Test animals

Species:

rabbit

Strain:

Dutch

Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:

TEST ANIMALS
- Housing: individually housed in mesh bottom cages in temperature and humidity controlled quarters.
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:

oral: gavage

Vehicle:

water

Details on exposure:

no data

Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:

no

Details on mating procedure:

- Impregnation procedure: artificial insemination

Duration of treatment / exposure:

6-18 days

Duration of test:

0-29 days

Doses / concentrations

Doses / concentrations 1

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
2.15 mg/kg bw
Basis:
actual ingested

Doses / concentrations 2

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
10 mg/kg bw
Basis:
actual ingested

Doses / concentrations 3

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
46.4 mg/kg bw
Basis:
actual ingested

Doses / concentrations 4

Remarks:

Doses / Concentrations:
215.0 mg/kg bw
Basis:
actual ingested

No. of animals per sex per dose:

11 in sham group
10 in positive control group
10 in 2.15 mg/kg group
11 in 10.0 mg/kg and 46.4 mg/kg groups
13 in 215.0 mg/kg group

Control animals:

yes, sham-exposed

Details on study design:

no data

Examinations

Maternal examinations:

CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: daily

BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: on days 0, 6, 12, 18, 29 of gestation

FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if feeding study): Yes
- Food consumption for each animal determined and mean daily diet consumption calculated as g food/kg body weight/day: Yes

WATER CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if drinking water study): No

POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS: Yes
- Sacrifice on gestation day #29
- Organs examined: viscera and skeletal

Ovaries and uterine content:

The ovaries and uterine content was examined after termination: Yes
Examinations included:
- Gravid uterus weight: No data
- Number of corpora lutea: No data
- Number of implantations: No data
- Number of early resorptions: No data
- Number of late resorptions: No data

Fetal examinations:

- External examinations: Yes: all per litter
- Soft tissue examinations: Yes: all per litter
- Skeletal examinations: Yes: all per litter
- Head examinations: No

Statistics:

no data

Indices:

the numbers of corpora lutea, imlantation sites, resorption sites an live and dead fetuses

Historical control data:

no data

Results and discussion

Results: maternal animals

Maternal developmental toxicity

Details on maternal toxic effects:

Maternal toxic effects:no effects

Results (fetuses)

Details on embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:

Embryotoxic / teratogenic effects:no effects

Effect levels (fetuses)

Dose descriptor:

NOAEL

Effect level:

ca. 215 mg/kg bw/day (actual dose received)

Based on:

test mat.

Basis for effect level:

other: teratogenicity

Fetal abnormalities

Abnormalities:

not specified

Overall developmental toxicity

Developmental effects observed:

not specified

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

Tartaric acid is not a teratogen to the hamsters.

Executive summary:

The administration of up to 215 mg/kg bw of the test material to pregnant rabbits for 13 consecutive days had no clearly discernible effect on nidation or on maternal or fetal survival. The number of abnormalities seen in either soft or skeletal tissues of the test groups did not differ from the number occurring spontaneously in the sham-treated controls.