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EC number: 203-377-1 | CAS number: 106-24-1
Acute Toxicity: oral
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:
- other: acceptable, well documented publication
Data source
Referenceopen allclose all
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Food Flavourings and Compounds of Related Structure I. Acute Oral Toxicity.
- Author:
- Jenner PM, Hagan EC, Taylor JM, Cook EL, and Fitzhugh OG
- Year:
- 1 964
- Bibliographic source:
- Fd. Cosm. Toxicol. 2: 327-343
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Fragrance Raw Materials Monographs
- Author:
- Opdyke DLJ
- Year:
- 1 974
- Bibliographic source:
- Food and Cosmetics Toxicology, Vol. 12: 881-882
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Die Situation in der gesundheitlichen Beurteilung der Aromatisierungsmittel fuer Lebensmittel
- Author:
- Bar VF and Griepentrog F
- Year:
- 1 967
- Bibliographic source:
- Medizin Ernaehr. 8: 244-251
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- No information
- Author:
- Jenner PM, Hagan EC, Taylor JM, Cook EL, and Fitzhugh OG
- Year:
- 2 008
- Bibliographic source:
- RIFM database
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Safety evaluation of certain food additives and contaminants
- Author:
- INCHEM
- Year:
- 2 004
- Bibliographic source:
- WHO FOOD ADDITIVES SERIES: 52
- Reference Type:
- secondary source
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 2 001
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- no method specified
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Test type:
- standard acute method
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Geraniol
- EC Number:
- 203-377-1
- EC Name:
- Geraniol
- Cas Number:
- 106-24-1
- Molecular formula:
- C10H18O
- IUPAC Name:
- 3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test material (as cited in study report): Geraniol Extra
- Isomers composition: 3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadienol
; 3,7-Dimethyl-1,6-octadienol
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Osborne-Mendel
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALsS
- Fasting period before study: ca. 18 h
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- unchanged (no vehicle)
- Doses:
- no data
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 5
- Control animals:
- not specified
- Details on study design:
- - Duration of observation period following administration: 14 days; when no acute toxic signs were seen, the animals were observed for only one week
-The animals were maintained under close observation for recording of toxic signs and time of death.
Such observation was continued until animals appeared normal and showed weight gain. - Statistics:
- LD50 values were computed by the method of Lichfield and Wilcoxon (J. Pharmacol. 96, 99, 1949).
Results and discussion
Effect levels
- Sex:
- male/female
- Dose descriptor:
- LD50
- Effect level:
- 3 600 mg/kg bw
- 95% CL:
- 2 840 - 4 570
- Mortality:
- Death time was between 4 hours and 18 hours
- Clinical signs:
- other: The described symptoms were depression, coma, and wet fur
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Interpretation of results:
- practically nontoxic
- Remarks:
- Migrated information Criteria used for interpretation of results: EU
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