Soybean oil, epoxidised, reaction products with methanol and water

Acute Toxicity: oral

Administrative data

Endpoint:

acute toxicity: oral

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

other: experimental result

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2007

Report date:

2007

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 420 (Acute Oral Toxicity - Fixed Dose Method)

Deviations:

not specified

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EU Method B.1 bis (Acute Oral Toxicity - Fixed Dose Procedure)

Deviations:

not specified

GLP compliance:

yes

Test type:

fixed dose procedure

Limit test:

yes

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

Soybean oil, epoxidized, reaction products with methanol and water

IUPAC Name:

Soybean oil, epoxidized, reaction products with methanol and water

Details on test material:

Batch 27

The substance was tested by the test house using a trade name that is considered confidential business information. The name assigned to the substance has therefore been changed to Cargill BP-A.

Test animals

Species:

rat

Strain:

Sprague-Dawley

Sex:

female

Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:

Female Sprague-Dawley CD (Cr1 : CD® (SD) IGS BR) strain rats were supplied by Charles River (UK) Ltd, Margate, Kent, UK. On receipt the animals were randomly allocated to cages. The females were nulliparous and non-pregnant. After an acclimatisation period of at least five days the animals were selected at random and given a number unique within the study by indelible ink-marking on the tail and a number written on a cage card. At the start of the study the animals were eight to twelve weeks of age. The bodyweight variation did not exceed ±20% of the mean bodyweight of any previously dosed animal.

The animals were housed in groups of up to four in suspended solid-floor polypropylene cages furnished with wood flakes. With the exception of an overnight fast immediately before dosing and for approximately three to four hours after dosing, free access to mains drinking water and food.(Certified Rat and Mouse Diet) was allowed throughout the study. The diet, drinking water and bedding were routinely analysed and were considered not to contain any contaminants that would reasonably be expected to affect the purpose or integrity of the study.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:

oral: gavage

Vehicle:

arachis oil

Details on oral exposure:

Gavage using a metal canula attached to a graduate syringe

Doses:

2000 mg/kg

No. of animals per sex per dose:

Preliminary test: 1 femeale, dose level 2000 mg/kg
Test: 4 female, dose level 2000 mg/kg

Control animals:

no

Details on study design:

Clinical observations were made 1/2, 1, 2, and 4 hours after dosing and subsequently once daily for fourteen days. Morbidity and mortality checks were made twice daily.
Individual bodyweights were recorded on Day 0 (the clay of dosing) and on Days 7 and 14.

Results and discussion

Preliminary study:

Non data

Effect levels

Sex:

female

Dose descriptor:

LD50

Effect level:

> 2 000 mg/kg bw

Mortality:

There were no deaths.

Clinical signs:

other: Signs of systemic toxicity noted during the study were hunched posture and pilo-erection. Three animals appeared normal throughout the study and the remaining animals appeared normal one day after dosing.

Gross pathology:

No abnormalities were noted at necropsy.

Other findings:

none

Any other information on results incl. tables

Conclusion: The acute oral median lethal dose (LD50) of the test material in the female Sprague-Dawley CD strain rat was estimated to be greater than 2000 mg/kg bodyweight.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:

not classified

Remarks:

Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: EU