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EC number: 911-694-8 | CAS number: -
- 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
Acute Toxicity: other routes
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- acute toxicity: other routes
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- supporting study
- Study period:
- 1959
- Reliability:
- 4 (not assignable)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: published communication not detailling the used method
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- A note on glycerol formal as a solvent in toxicity testing
- Author:
- Sanderson DM
- Year:
- 1 959
- Bibliographic source:
- J. Pharm. Pharmacol., 11: 150-156
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- A group of four female rat was given 1000 mg/kg subcutaneously.
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Limit test:
- yes
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Glycerol formal
- IUPAC Name:
- Glycerol formal
- Details on test material:
- Not specified
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Wistar
- Sex:
- female
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- subcutaneous
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Doses:
- 1000 mg/kg
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 4
- Control animals:
- no
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- > 1 000 mg/kg bw
- Based on:
- test mat.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- Rats treated with 1000 mg/kg subcutaneously were completely unaffected, and showed no evidence of local irritation at the injection site. DL50 is >1000 mg/kg.
- Executive summary:
A group of four female rats was given 1000 mg/kg subcutaneously. They were completely unaffected, and showed no evidence of local
irritation at the injection site. DL50 is >1000 mg/kg.
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