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EC number: 204-289-6 | CAS number: 118-96-7
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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:
- comparable to guideline study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 982
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- equivalent or similar to guideline
- Guideline:
- OECD Guideline 401 (Acute Oral Toxicity)
- GLP compliance:
- no
- Remarks:
- No information on use of OECD and EU guidelines nor GLP conditions. The study was probably conducted according to TSCA guidelines
- Test type:
- standard acute method
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
- EC Number:
- 204-289-6
- EC Name:
- 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene
- Cas Number:
- 118-96-7
- Molecular formula:
- C7H5N3O6
- IUPAC Name:
- 2-methyl-1,3,5-trinitrobenzene
- Details on test material:
- alpha-TNT was obtained from E.I. du Pont de Nemours. The compound was >99% pure based on chemical and chromatographic analyses.
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Sprague-Dawley
- Sex:
- male/female
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: feed
- Vehicle:
- corn oil
- Doses:
- 1 ml per 100 g of body weight
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 4 dose levels were used, and 10 males and 10 females received each dose
Results and discussion
Effect levelsopen allclose all
- Sex:
- male
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- ca. 1 320 mg/kg bw
- 95% CL:
- 95
- Sex:
- female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- ca. 795 mg/kg bw
- 95% CL:
- 95
Any other information on results incl. tables
The LD50s and confidence intervals were calculated by the method of Thomson and Weil (Weil, 1952).
The effects of short-term exposure to alpha-TNT (up to 4 weeks) appear to be almost totally reversible. At the end of a 4 week period, the body weights of rats at the high dose level were still slightly lower (not significantly) than those of controls, and there were lingerinig signs of overcompensation to the anemia in females receiving 0.25% alpha-TNT. Thus at 0.05% alpha-TNT, liver-to-blood weight ratio in females remained altered (in an apparently dose-related manner) at the end of the recovery period. At 0.25% alpha-TNT, the digns of residual toxicity were clearer. At the end od the 4 week cerovery period, the body weights of females remained significantly depressed, they still had signs of anemia, and their spleens and livers remained enlarged. After the recovery period, the testes and kidney weights of males were lower than those of controls, and there was slightl granulocytosis in the males. these factors-the cumulative nature of alpha-TNT toxicity and more long-lasting effects after longer exposure periods for some parameters - are design considerations for longer term studies to assess hazards to humans.
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- Category 4 based on GHS criteria
- Conclusions:
- Harmful if swallowed. According to Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (EU CLP).
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