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EC number: 629-845-9 | CAS number: 9001-89-2
- 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
Link to relevant study record(s)
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- read-across from supporting substance (structural analogue or surrogate)
- Adequacy of study:
- other information
- Justification for type of information:
- The biodegradation of the present target substance, 4-phytase IUBMB 3.1.3.26, has not been determined but another enzyme (Cellulase, IUBMB3.2.1.4) has been analyzed and used as a source substance for read-across.
The conclusion is that the target substance 4-phytase IUBMB 3.2.3.26 is readily biodegradable.
Justification for read-across: Please see attached justification. - Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- read-across source
- Key result
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- ca. 60
- Sampling time:
- 5 d
- Endpoint:
- biodegradation in water: ready biodegradability
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Study period:
- 20 April 2011 - 28 September 2011
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- guideline study
- Remarks:
- Reliability 1
- Qualifier:
- according to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 301 F (Ready Biodegradability: Manometric Respirometry Test)
- Deviations:
- no
- GLP compliance:
- yes (incl. QA statement)
- Remarks:
- Certificate included in report
- Oxygen conditions:
- aerobic
- Inoculum or test system:
- sewage, predominantly domestic (adaptation not specified)
- Details on inoculum:
- - Source of inoculum/activated sludge (e.g. location, sampling depth, contamination history, procedure): Worlingworth sewage treatment works (Suffolk, UK).
- Preparation of inoculum for exposure: At the time of collection the sludge was sieved (1 mm2 mesh)then transported to the laboratory and left to stand for approximately 30 minutes to allow the sewage solids to settle. A portion of the supernatant was removed and the sludge aerated until required.
The concentration of suspended solids in a homogenised sample was determined before the start of the test. Aliquots (10mL) of the sludge were filtered through dried and preweighed Whatman GF/C filters, which were then dried agian at approximatley 105°C for one hour, allowed to cool in a desiccator and reweighed. Herafter the mixed liquor suspended solids content of the sludge was determined and the volume required to give a solids level of 30mg/L in test cultures were calculated. This was added to bottles one day before test initiation to allow a period of ageing. - Duration of test (contact time):
- 28 d
- Initial conc.:
- 50 mg/L
- Based on:
- COD
- Initial conc.:
- 357 mg/L
- Based on:
- test mat.
- Parameter followed for biodegradation estimation:
- O2 consumption
- Details on study design:
- TEST CONDITIONS
- Composition of medium: Mineral Salts Medium: 10 mL Stock solution 1 (potassium dihydrogen phosphate: 8.5g/L; di-potassium hydrogen phosphate: 21.75g/L; di-sodium monohydrogen phosphate dihydrate: 33.4g/L; ammonium chloride: 0.5g/L) plus 1mL magnesium sulphate heptahydrate (22.5 g/L) plus 1mL calcium chloride dihydrate (36.4 g/L) plus 1mL iron(III)chloride hexahydrate (0.25g/L) was diluted in tap water to a final volume of 1 litre.
- Test temperature: 21.4 to 23.1°C
- pH: 7.2 to 7.8
- pH adjusted: to 7.4 ± 0.2 with 5M HCl
- Suspended solids concentration: 30mg/L
TEST SYSTEM
Test flasks containing a final volume of 500mL were added magnetic stirrers and each bottle fitted with an electrolytic cell assembly (containing the electrolyte, 1M copper sulphate solution, and the CO2 absorber, 5mL of 2M potassium hydroxidel) and connected to the computer controlled system. A magnetic stirrer was set to give a vortex on each mixture. The test was conducted in a thermostatically water bath at a temperature of 22 ± 2°C
- Number of culture flasks/concentration: 2 blank-control and 2 test, 1 reference, 1 inhibition assay, 1 ATU control and 1 ATU test
- Measuring equipment: Co-ordinated Environmental Services (CES) Ltd. automated respirometer and associated software was used to monitor cumulative amount of oxygen consumed by the mixtures. A record of the cumulative oxygen demand made by each cell was printed at, typically, hourly intervals.
CONTROL AND BLANK SYSTEM
- Inoculum blank: inoculated Mineral Salts Medium alone
- Toxicity control: Test substance (50 mg O2/L) plus reference substance (50 mg O2/L) in inoculated mineral medium
- Reference substance: Sodium benzoate in inoculated mineral medium at 50 mg O2/L
- Allylthiourea (ATU) control: Inoculated mineral salts medium plus ATU (11.6 mg/L) - Reference substance:
- benzoic acid, sodium salt
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- ca. 10
- Sampling time:
- 1 d
- Key result
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- ca. 60
- Sampling time:
- 5 d
- Parameter:
- % degradation (O2 consumption)
- Value:
- 129
- Sampling time:
- 28 d
- Results with reference substance:
- The blank corrected oxygen demanded by the culture containing the reference substance (sodium benzoate) achieved 66% of the ThOD after 3 days of incubation and 96% by Day 28.
In the presence of cellulase degradation of sodium benzoate had achieved 64% by Day 2. - Validity criteria fulfilled:
- yes
- Interpretation of results:
- readily biodegradable
- Conclusions:
- Cellulase was found to be readily biodegradable in the 'Ready Biodegradability, Manometric Respirometry Test' (OECD 301F).
- Executive summary:
The ready biodegradability of Cellulase was assessed in accordance OECD Procedure 301F ‘Ready Biodegradability, Manometric Respirometry Test’, adopted 17 July 1992 and in compliance with GLP.
The main biodegradability test was preceded by chemical oxygen demand (COD) analysis as the theoretical oxygen demand of the test substance could not be calculated.
Cellulase was added to two bottles containing mineral salts medium inoculated with activated sludge (30 mg solids/L) to give a nominal test concentration of 50 mgO2/L. Control groups comprised three cultures; two containing inoculated mineral salts medium alone, and one containing inoculated mineral salts medium plus the reference substance sodium benzoate (50 mgO2/L). An additional mixture containing sodium benzoate and Cellulase (both at 50 mgO2/L) was established in order to assess the potential inhibitory effects of the test substance on the microbial inoculum. Allylthiourea was added to one control culture and to one culture containing the test substance in order to assess nitrification processes by the test substance. The test system comprised of an automated system for oxygen (O2) generation and the cultures were stirred and held in a thermostatically-controlled water bath.
The COD of Cellulase was found to be 0.14 mgO2/mL.
The blank-corrected oxygen demanded by the culture containing the reference substance had achieved 16.48 mgO2/500 mL or 66% of the ThOD (25 mgO2/500 mL) after 3 days of incubation. In the presence of Cellulase, degradation of sodium benzoate had achieved 64% by Day 2. Cumulative levels of oxygen consumption by the controls after 28 days (13.47 and 12.74 mgO2/500 mL, equivalent to 26.94 and 25.48 mgO2/L) were considered to be acceptable for this assay system. These results confirm that Cellulase was not inhibitory to the activity of the microbial inoculum and that the test was valid.
Mean oxygen consumption in biotic mixtures containing Cellulase was equivalent to 10% of the COD value (25 mgO2/500 mL) after approximately 1 day, 60% after approximately 5 days and 129% at the end of the test (Day 28). A degradation plateau was observed by approximately Day 10.
Substances are considered to be readily biodegradable in this type of test if oxygen consumption is equal to or greater than 60% of the COD value of the test mixtures within ten days of the consumption achieving 10%. Therefore, Cellulase was considered to be readily biodegradable under the conditions of this test.
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Description of key information
4 -phytase is considered to be readily biodegradable in the 'Ready Biodegradability, Manometric Respirometry Test' (OECD 301F) based on read across from supporting enzyme substance, Cellulase.
Key value for chemical safety assessment
- Biodegradation in water:
- readily biodegradable
Additional information
The ready biodegradability of Cellulase was assessed in accordance with OECD Procedure 301F ‘Ready Biodegradability, Manometric Respirometry Test’, adopted 17 July 1992 and in compliance with GLP and was found to be readily biodegradable under the conditions of this test.
Because all enzymes are built up of amino acids, the physical and chemical characteristics are very similar for different enzymes, and hence read-across from other enzymes should be fully applicable. In general, enzymes exhibit the same ecotoxicological properties which are confirmed by ecotoxicity studies performed in the industry.
Therefore, 4 -phytase is considered to be readily biodegradable as an enzyme with similar structure as Cellulase (source substance).
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