4-allylanisole

Eye irritation

Administrative data

Endpoint:

eye irritation: in vitro / ex vivo

Type of information:

experimental study

Adequacy of study:

key study

Reliability:

1 (reliable without restriction)

Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:

guideline study

Data source

Reference

Reference Type:

study report

Title:

Unnamed

Year:

2017

Materials and methods

Test guideline

Test guideline 1

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

OECD Guideline 437 (Bovine Corneal Opacity and Permeability Test Method for Identifying i) Chemicals Inducing Serious Eye Damage and ii) Chemicals Not Requiring Classification for Eye Irritation or Serious Eye Damage)

Test guideline 2

Qualifier:

according to guideline

Guideline:

EU method B.47 (Bovine corneal opacity and permeability test method for identifying ocular corrosives and severe irritants)

GLP compliance:

yes

Test material

Test material information

Constituent 1

Reference substance name:

4-allylanisole

EC Number:

205-427-8

EC Name:

4-allylanisole

Cas Number:

140-67-0

Molecular formula:

C10H12O

IUPAC Name:

1-methoxy-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene

Specific details on test material used for the study:

Name Estragole
Appearance Clear liquid
Composition 4-allylanisole
Purity 99.53%
Storage Room Temperature: (20 ± 5 °C), keep away from light

Test animals / tissue source

Species:

cattle

Strain:

other: Bovine corneas

Details on test animals or tissues and environmental conditions:

Fresh bovine eyes were obtained from the slaughterhouse Müller Fleisch GmbH, Enzstr. 2-4, 75217 Birkenfeld, Germany, on the day of the test. The cattle were between 12 and 60 months old. The eyes were transported to the test facility in Hank’s balanced salt solu-tion (supplemented with 0.01% streptomycin and 0.01% penicillin). Then, the corneas were dissected and incubated in medium at 32 ± 1 °C in an incubation chamber for 1 h.

Test system

Controls:

yes, concurrent positive control

yes, concurrent negative control

Duration of treatment / exposure:

10 minutes

Duration of post- treatment incubation (in vitro):

2 hours

Results and discussion

In vitro

Results

Irritation parameter:

in vitro irritation score

Run / experiment:

Test Item-Estragole

Value:

3.54

Negative controls validity:

valid

Positive controls validity:

valid

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:

One valid experiment was performed.
Bovine corneas were used. They were collected from slaughtered cattle which were be-tween 12 and 60 months old.
The test item Estragole was brought onto the cornea of a bovine eye which had been in-cubated with cMEM without phenol red at 32 ± 1 °C for 1 hour and whose opacity had been measured.
The test item was incubated on the cornea for 10 minutes at 32 ± 1 °C. After removal of the test item and 2 hours post-incubation, opacity and permeability values were measured.
HBSS-solution was used as negative control. The negative control showed no irritating effect on the cornea and the calculated IVIS (in vitro irritancy score) is 1.28.
Dimethylformamide (DMF) undiluted was used as positive control. The positive control induced serious eye damage on the cornea and falls within two standard deviations of the current historical mean. The calculated IVIS (in vitro irritancy score) is 120.29.

Under the conditions of this study, the test item Estragole showed effects on the cornea of the bovine eye. The calculated IVIS (in vitro irritancy score) is 3.54.
According to OECD Guideline no. 437 (Jul. 2013), a substance with an IVIS > 3 and ≤ 55 induces effects on the cornea, that cannot be classified in an UN GHS Category for eye damage.