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Toxicological information

Acute Toxicity: oral

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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Study period:
1963
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1963
Report date:
1963

Materials and methods

Test guideline
Qualifier:
equivalent or similar to guideline
Guideline:
OECD Guideline 401 (Acute Oral Toxicity)
GLP compliance:
no
Test type:
standard acute method
Limit test:
no

Test material

Constituent 1
Chemical structure
Reference substance name:
Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, chloro
EC Number:
264-150-0
EC Name:
Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes, chloro
Cas Number:
63449-39-8
Molecular formula:
C18H33Cl5 C18H30Cl8 C20H36Cl6 C20H33Cl9 C25H45Cl7 C25H42Cl10 C25H29C23 C30H53Cl9 C30H49Cl13 C30H35Cl27
IUPAC Name:
Paraffin waxes and Hydrocarbon waxes (C18 and longer), chloro
Details on test material:
C22-26; 42% Cl (liquid). Cereclor 42.

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
not specified
Sex:
male

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
unchanged (no vehicle)
Doses:
Single doses of 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 mg/kg.
No. of animals per sex per dose:
3
Control animals:
not specified
Details on study design:
- Duration of observation period following administration: 7
Statistics:
No data

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Sex:
male
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
> 5 000 mg/kg bw

Any other information on results incl. tables

No toxic effects were observed and nothing abnormal was detected at post-mortem.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
practically nontoxic
Remarks:
Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: expert judgment
Conclusions:
Oral LD50 (rat) > 5000 mg/kg.
Executive summary:

No acute toxicity observed up to 5000 mg/kg.