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Administrative data

Endpoint:
acute toxicity: oral
Type of information:
experimental study
Adequacy of study:
key study
Reliability:
2 (reliable with restrictions)
Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
study well documented, meets generally accepted scientific principles, acceptable for assessment

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
study report
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
1979
Report date:
1979

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:
N,N-dibutylformamide
EC Number:
212-090-0
EC Name:
N,N-dibutylformamide
Cas Number:
761-65-9
Molecular formula:
C9H19NO
IUPAC Name:
N,N-dibutylformamide
Test material form:
liquid

Test animals

Species:
rat
Strain:
Sprague-Dawley
Sex:
male/female
Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
Mean body weight: males 205 g, females 163 g
The animals were offered a standardized animal laboratory diet.

Administration / exposure

Route of administration:
oral: gavage
Vehicle:
CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose)
Details on oral exposure:
0.5% aqueous CMC preparation
Test concentrations used were 2.15, 3.16, 4.64, 6.81, 10, 12.1, 14.7, 21.5% (G/V).
Doses:
215, 316, 464, 681, 1000, 1210, 1470, 2150 mg/kg bw
No. of animals per sex per dose:
5
Control animals:
no
Details on study design:
- Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days
- Necropsy of survivors performed: yes
- Other examinations performed: clinical signs, body weight
- Application volume: 10 mL/kg

Results and discussion

Effect levels
Key result
Sex:
male/female
Dose descriptor:
LD50
Effect level:
ca. 1 050 mg/kg bw
Based on:
test mat.
Mortality:
215, 316 and 464 mg/kg bw: no deaths after 14 days
681 mg/kg bw: 1/10 after 14 days
1000 mg/kg bw: 2/10 after 14 days
1210 mg/kg bw: 9/10 after 14 days
1470 and 2150 mg/kg bw: 10/10 after 14 days
Clinical signs:
other: Time of deaths on the first study day. Staggering, atony, narcotic-like state with missing pain and corena reflex, spastic gait, partly salivation and lachrymation.
Gross pathology:
Animals that died:
- heart: acute congestion, acute congestive hyperemia
- lung: manifold slight edematized
- liver: manifold disseminated lobule periphery;
- stomach: partly substance-induced mucosa malacia
- intestine: partly atonic, diarrheic content.

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Interpretation of results:
Category 4 based on GHS criteria