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EC number: 215-713-4 | CAS number: 1345-04-6
- Life Cycle description
- Uses advised against
- Endpoint summary
- Appearance / physical state / colour
- Melting point / freezing point
- Boiling point
- Density
- Particle size distribution (Granulometry)
- Vapour pressure
- Partition coefficient
- Water solubility
- Solubility in organic solvents / fat solubility
- Surface tension
- Flash point
- Auto flammability
- Flammability
- Explosiveness
- Oxidising properties
- Oxidation reduction potential
- Stability in organic solvents and identity of relevant degradation products
- Storage stability and reactivity towards container material
- Stability: thermal, sunlight, metals
- pH
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity
- Additional physico-chemical information
- Additional physico-chemical properties of nanomaterials
- Nanomaterial agglomeration / aggregation
- Nanomaterial crystalline phase
- Nanomaterial crystallite and grain size
- Nanomaterial aspect ratio / shape
- Nanomaterial specific surface area
- Nanomaterial Zeta potential
- Nanomaterial surface chemistry
- Nanomaterial dustiness
- Nanomaterial porosity
- Nanomaterial pour density
- Nanomaterial photocatalytic activity
- Nanomaterial radical formation potential
- Nanomaterial catalytic activity
- Endpoint summary
- Stability
- Biodegradation
- Bioaccumulation
- Transport and distribution
- Environmental data
- Additional information on environmental fate and behaviour
- Ecotoxicological Summary
- Aquatic toxicity
- Endpoint summary
- Short-term toxicity to fish
- Long-term toxicity to fish
- Short-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Long-term toxicity to aquatic invertebrates
- Toxicity to aquatic algae and cyanobacteria
- Toxicity to aquatic plants other than algae
- Toxicity to microorganisms
- Endocrine disrupter testing in aquatic vertebrates – in vivo
- Toxicity to other aquatic organisms
- Sediment toxicity
- Terrestrial toxicity
- Biological effects monitoring
- Biotransformation and kinetics
- Additional ecotoxological information
- Toxicological Summary
- Toxicokinetics, metabolism and distribution
- Acute Toxicity
- Irritation / corrosion
- Sensitisation
- Repeated dose toxicity
- Genetic toxicity
- Carcinogenicity
- Toxicity to reproduction
- Specific investigations
- Exposure related observations in humans
- Toxic effects on livestock and pets
- Additional toxicological data
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Repeated dose toxicity: oral
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- sub-chronic toxicity: oral
- Type of information:
- read-across based on grouping of substances (category approach)
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 1 (reliable without restriction)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: Study was generated according to generally valid testing guidelines.
- Justification for type of information:
- REPORTING FORMAT FOR THE CATEGORY APPROACH
1. HYPOTHESIS FOR THE CATEGORY APPROACH (ENDPOINT LEVEL)
The read-across hypothesis is that different Sb 3+ will give rise to/release (the same) common compound to which an organism will be exposed. On this basis the substances can actually be grouped as each are releasing a valence-specific (3+) soluble metal (oxyan)ion. The release of the specific Sb ion can be considered a common transformation product within each subgroup (no matter how the transformation occurs).
2. CATEGORY APPROACH JUSTIFICATION (ENDPOINT LEVEL
Section 3 of the attached justification provides the required information.
Cross-reference
- Reason / purpose for cross-reference:
- reference to same study
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- publication
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 999
Materials and methods
Test guideline
- Guideline:
- other: no guideline specified, but conducted according to OECD 408.
- GLP compliance:
- not specified
- Limit test:
- no
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Diantimony trioxide
- EC Number:
- 215-175-0
- EC Name:
- Diantimony trioxide
- Cas Number:
- 1309-64-4
- Molecular formula:
- Sb2O3
- IUPAC Name:
- dioxodistiboxane
- Test material form:
- not specified
Constituent 1
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Wistar
- Sex:
- male/female
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: 12 male and 12 female Wistar rats of the Alpk:APSD strain
- Housing: in multiple rat racks at four or five per cage initially and then in fours after they had been assigned to experimental groups
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): ad libitum
- Acclimation period: 1 - 2 weeks
- no other details on test animals are stated
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Temperature (°C): 21 +- 2°C
- Humidity (%): 55 +- 15%
- Air changes (per hr): at least 15 air changes per hour
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12 hours per day fluorescent light
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: feed
- Vehicle:
- other: diets containing antimony trioxide
- Details on oral exposure:
- VEHICLE
- Concentration in vehicle: diets containing 0, 1000, 5000 or 20000 ppm antimony trioxide
- Purity: the homogeneity of the mixture was > 95%.
- no other details on exposure are reported - Analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- yes
- Details on analytical verification of doses or concentrations:
- The homogeneity of antimony trioxide in the diet was determined by analysis of samples from the low and high dose levels. Samples were taken from
three separate levels in the mixer. Variation between samples was <5%. The chemical stability of antimony trioxide in the diet has been determined at
these dose levels for a period of up to 98 days. - Duration of treatment / exposure:
- a 90-day duration study
Doses / concentrationsopen allclose all
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
0 ppm
Basis:
nominal in diet
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
1000 ppm
Basis:
nominal in diet
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
5000 ppm
Basis:
nominal in diet
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
20000 ppm
Basis:
nominal in diet
- No. of animals per sex per dose:
- 12 male and 12 female Wistar rats
- Control animals:
- yes
Examinations
- Observations and examinations performed and frequency:
- CAGE SIDE OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: Cage-side observations were made daily, which included recording changes in clinical condition or behaviour.
DETAILED CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS: Yes
- Time schedule: More detailed clinical observations were made each time the body weight was recorded.
BODY WEIGHT: Yes
- Time schedule for examinations: The body weight of each rat was recorded before exposure started and then once a week until termination.
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if feeding study):
- Food consumption was recorded continously throughout the study for each cage of rats and calculated as a weekly mean.
- Received dose was calculated from the mean body weight for the inclusion rate of antimony trioxide.
FOOD EFFICIENCY:
- Body weight gain in kg/food consumption in kg per unit time X 100 calculated as time-weighted averages from the consumption and body weight gain data: Yes
HAEMATOLOGY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: At termination, blood samples were taken and analysed for haematology parameters.
- Anaesthetic used for blood collection: At termination of the study, rats were killed by an overdose of halothane and bled by cardiac puncture.
- Animals fasted: not stated
- Parameters checked: red cell count, haematrocrit, haemoglobin, mean cell volume, total and differential white cell count and platelet count.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of blood: At termination, blood samples were taken and analysed for clinical chemistry parameters.
- Animals fasted: No data
- Parameters checked: urea, glucose, total protein, albumin, cholesterol, triglycerides, total bilirubin, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and phosphorus. The activities of alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, creatinine kinase and aspartate aminotransferase were also assessed using automated methods.
URINALYSIS: Yes
- Time schedule for collection of urine: Urine samples were collected over a 16 hours period from rats housed individually in metabolism cages during the final week of study.
- Metabolism cages used for collection of urine: Yes
- Animals fasted: not stated
- Parameters checked : Volume, appearance, specific gravity and pH were measured for each urin sample, with semi-quantitative determinations of glucose, ketoses, bilirubin, protein and blood. An aliquote was centrifuged and the sediment was stained and examined. - Sacrifice and pathology:
- GROSS PATHOLOGY: Yes :
- Complete necropsies were performed on all rats.
- The adrenal glands, brain, kidneys, liver, epididymides and testes were weighed.
- All organs and tissues were examined for macroscopic lesions and fixed in 10% neutral buffered formalin or other appropriate fixative.
HISTOPATHOLOGY: Yes :
- All tissues from the controls and the top dose group were examined under the light microscope, together with any macroscopically abnormal tissue from the intermediate groups. - Statistics:
- All data were evaluated using analysis of variance and/or covariance for each specific parameter using GLM procedure in SAS.
Results and discussion
Results of examinations
- Clinical signs:
- no effects observed
- Mortality:
- no mortality observed
- Body weight and weight changes:
- no effects observed
- Food consumption and compound intake (if feeding study):
- no effects observed
- Ophthalmological findings:
- no effects observed
- Haematological findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Clinical biochemistry findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Urinalysis findings:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Organ weight findings including organ / body weight ratios:
- effects observed, treatment-related
- Histopathological findings: non-neoplastic:
- no effects observed
- Histopathological findings: neoplastic:
- no effects observed
- Details on results:
- CLINICAL SIGNS AND MORTALITY
- There was no substance-related effect on clinical signs of toxicity.
BODY WEIGHT AND WEIGHT GAIN
- There was no substance-related effect on body weight.
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND COMPOUND INTAKE (if feeding study)
- There was no substance-related effect on food intake.
- Food consumptions was similar for all groups.
FOOD EFFICIENCY
HAEMATOLOGY
- The red cell count was slightly elevated for males, with a small (not statistically significant) decrease in mean cell volume; other red cell parameters were unaffected.
- Females showed a slight decrease in mean cell volume and a small (not statistically significant) increase in red cell count.
- White cell count and platelet count were unaffected in either sex.
- Three of the twelve (25%) males in the high dose group had slight (n=2) or moderate (n=1) plasma cell infiltration in the cervical lymph node.
- This was not observed in treated females or in any control animal.
CLINICAL CHEMISTRY
- changes in some clinical chemistry parameters :
- Male animals in the high dose group showed a 30% increase in triglycerides (P<0.01) and a 12% decrease in alkaline phosphatase (P<0.05).
- Alkaline phosphatase was also decreased in female animals both at 5000 (24%) and 20000 (37%) ppm (P<0.01) and in a dose-dependent manner.
- Cholesterol and aspartate aminotransferase levels were significantly increased in females in the high dose group by 13 and 52%, respectively.
URINALYSIS
- Analysis of collected urine showed a significant increase in volume and an accompanying decrease in specific gravity for females at the highest
dose of antimony trioxide. Minor intergroup pH differnces in male were not dose related and were considered incidental.
ORGAN WEIGHTS
- A 10% increase in absolute and relative liver weight was observed in female and male animals in the high dose group compared with controls.
- There were no effects on other organ weights at any dose level.
GROSS PATHOLOGY
- There was no gross findings at necropsy considered to be related to feeding antimony trioxide.
HISTOPATHOLOGY: NON-NEOPLASTIC
- no histological changes in the liver were observed to support an adverse effect on liver
- There was a slight increase in cysts in the pituitary of both sexes in the high dose groups. This was not considered to be treatment related.
Effect levels
open allclose all
- Key result
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- 1 686 other: mg/kg bw/day
- Sex:
- male
- Basis for effect level:
- body weight and weight gain
- Key result
- Dose descriptor:
- NOAEL
- Effect level:
- 1 879 other: mg/kg bw/day
- Sex:
- female
- Basis for effect level:
- body weight and weight gain
Target system / organ toxicity
- Critical effects observed:
- not specified
Any other information on results incl. tables
All rats survived the dosing period in good condition. The few clinical signs that were recorded can be considered to be more of an adaptive nature than typical for age and strain. None of these were attributed by the authors of the study to the presence of antimony trioxide in the diet.
Table 1: Survival, weight gain and dose received for rats fed diets containing antimony trioxide.
Mean body weight |
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Dose (ppm) |
Survival |
Initial |
Final |
Body weight gain (g) |
Calculated mean dose (mg/kg/day) |
Males |
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0 |
12 / 12 |
158 ± 16 |
488 ± 40 |
330 |
0 |
1000 |
12 / 12 |
159 ± 18 |
502 ± 64 |
343 |
84 |
5000 |
12 / 12 |
158 ± 19 |
487 ± 35 |
329 |
421 |
20000 |
12 / 12 |
159 ± 21 |
491 ± 28 |
332 |
1686 |
Females |
|||||
0 |
12 / 12 |
139 ± 11 |
269 ± 12 |
130 |
0 |
1000 |
12 / 12 |
138 ± 12 |
266 ± 13 |
128 |
97 |
5000 |
12 / 12 |
139 ± 12 |
267 ±200 |
128 |
494 |
20000 |
12 / 12 |
142 ± 15 |
279 ± 16 |
137 |
1879 |
Values are means ± SD, based on 12 values; no significant differences at P0.05. |
Table 2: Intergroup comparison of urinary parameters
dose (ppm) |
volume (ml) |
specific gravity |
pH |
males |
|||
0 |
7.4 |
1.040 ± 0.007 |
6.58 ± 0.51 |
1000 |
8.1 |
1.037 ± 0.005 |
6.92 ± 0.29* |
5000 |
7.9 |
1.040 ± 0.006 |
6.75 ± 0.45 |
20000 |
7.7 |
1.038 ± 0.006 |
6.92 ± 0.29* |
females |
|||
0 |
3.8 |
1.047 ± 0.012 |
5.92 ± 0.29 |
1000 |
4.5 |
1.044 ± 0.012 |
6.00 ± 0.00 |
5000 |
4.3 |
1.052 ± 0.019 |
5.75 ± 0.62 |
20000 |
6.8 |
1.036 ± 0.006** |
6.17 ± 0.39 |
Results are mean ± SD (12 values); *P0.05 and **P0.01 compared to control value. |
Table 3: Selected haematology parameters for rats fed diets containing antimony trioxide
Dose (ppm) |
Red cell count (x10-12/L) |
Haemoglobin (g/dl) |
Haematrocrit |
mean cell volume (fl) |
White cell count (x10-9/L) |
Platelet count (x10-9/L) |
males |
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0 |
8.37 ± 0.33 |
15.2 ± 0.5 |
0.44 ± 0.02 |
50.2 ± 0.8 |
5.75 ± 1.13 |
801 ± 75 |
1000 |
8.78 ± 0.46 |
15.2 ± 0.6 |
0.44 ± 0.02 |
50.1 ± 1.1 |
6.48 ± 1.64 |
786 ± 107 |
5000 |
8.59 ± 0.43 |
14.8 ± 0.5 |
0.43 ± 0.02 |
49.7 ± 1.1 |
5.93 ± 1.08 |
792 ± 66 |
20000 |
9.09 ± 0.35* |
15.5 ± 0.5 |
0.45 ± 0.02 |
49.2 ± 1.1 |
6.28 ± 1.42 |
802 ± 77 |
females |
||||||
0 |
8.13 ± 0.36 |
15.1 ± 0.7 |
0.43 ± 0.02 |
53.3 ± 1.6 |
4.82 ± 1.17 |
769 ± 113 |
1000 |
8.23 ± 0.33 |
15.2 ± 0.4 |
0.43 ± 0.02 |
52.5 ± 1.2 |
4.83 ± 1.31 |
742 ± 81 |
5000 |
8.25 ± 0.42 |
15.2 ± 0.8 |
0.43 ± 0.03 |
52.3 ± 1.3 |
4.59 ± 1.29 |
755 ± 81 |
20000 |
8.30 ± 0.30 |
15.3 ± 0.5 |
0.43 ± 0.01 |
52.2 ± 1.3* |
5.17 ± 1.07 |
774 ± 83 |
Results are means ± SD (12 values); *P0.05 compared to control value |
Table 4: Selected clinical chemistry (plasma) parameters for rats fed diets containing antimony trioxide
Dose (ppm) |
Cholesterol (mmol/L) |
Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
Alkaline phosphatase activity (IU/L) |
Alanine aminotransferase activity (IU/L) |
Aspartase aminotransferase (IU/L) |
males |
|||||
0 |
2.23 ± 0.29 |
1.18 ± 0.24 |
202 ± 23 |
63.3 ± 11.2 |
91.7 ± 16.3 |
1000 |
2.20 ± 0.29 |
1.34 ± 0.22 |
220 ± 27 |
70.9 ± 13.5 |
96.9 ± 9.0 |
5000 |
2.29 ± 0.25 |
1.27 ± 0.20 |
197 ± 21 |
69.1 ± 10.4 |
99.6 ± 13.4 |
20000 |
2.39 ± 0.24 |
1.53 ± 0.40** |
178 ± 42* |
73.7 ± 34.8 |
112.2 ± 34.5 |
females |
|||||
0 |
1.97 ± 0.32 |
0.70 ± 0.19 |
136 ± 40 |
46.6 ± 8.5 |
91.5 ± 21.6 |
1000 |
2.02 ± 0.28 |
0.75 ± 0.18 |
122 ± 22 |
48.6 ± 11.6 |
104.8 ± 33.8 |
5000 |
2.13 ± 0.27 |
0.81 ± 0.16 |
105 ± 17** |
51.8 ± 17.7 |
100.1 ± 28.8 |
20000 |
2.22 ± 0.17* |
0.76 ± 0.24 |
87 ± 14** |
66.8 ± 56.7 |
138.8 ± 90.0** |
Results are means ± SD (12 values); *P0.05 and **P0.01 compared to control value. |
Applicant's summary and conclusion
- Conclusions:
- Two repeated dose oral studies suggest that diantimony trioxide may be toxic to the liver. This is based on a 10% increase in liver weight and significantly elevated ASAT values, although significantly decreased ALP values, in one study (Hext et al., 1999), supported by significantly elevated ASAT and ALP levels observed in another study (Sunagawa, 1981). However, in the absence of histological change or any clinical signs of antimony intoxication to support that the liver findings are adverse, the findings are regarded as adaptive or incidental to treatment with diantimony trioxide. A NOAEL of 1686 mg/kg/d for liver toxicity is suggested.
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