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EC number: 200-338-0 | CAS number: 57-55-6
- 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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Basic toxicokinetics
Administrative data
- Endpoint:
- basic toxicokinetics in vivo
- Type of information:
- experimental study
- Adequacy of study:
- key study
- Reliability:
- 2 (reliable with restrictions)
- Rationale for reliability incl. deficiencies:
- other: GLP-compliant study, minor restrictions in design and/or reporting but otherwise adequate for assessment
Data source
Reference
- Reference Type:
- study report
- Title:
- Unnamed
- Year:
- 1 995
- Report date:
- 1995
Materials and methods
- Objective of study:
- absorption
- distribution
- excretion
- metabolism
Test guideline
- Qualifier:
- no guideline followed
- Principles of method if other than guideline:
- Two groups of 5 male rats were administered a single oral dose of either radiolabeled (14C) tripropylene glycol or non-radiolabeled monopropylene glycol by gavage in water at target concentrations 40 mg/kg bw and 50 mg/kg bw, respectively. The animals were placed in metabolism cages and excreta were collected for ca. 24 hours post-dosing. After sacrifice 24 hours post-dosing the remaining radioactivity in tissues and the amount of mono-, di- and tripropylene glycol in urine was determined for the first group and urine was analyzed for free and acid-abile conjugates of mono-, di- and tripropylene glycol for both groups.
- GLP compliance:
- yes (incl. QA statement)
Test material
- Reference substance name:
- Propane-1,2-diol
- EC Number:
- 200-338-0
- EC Name:
- Propane-1,2-diol
- Cas Number:
- 57-55-6
- Molecular formula:
- C3H8O2
- IUPAC Name:
- propane-1,2-diol
- Details on test material:
- - Name of test materials (as cited in study report): tripropylene glycol, monopropylene glycol
- Substance type: organic
- Physical state: liquids
- Analytical purity: 99.8% for tripropylene glycol, 99.7% for monopropylene glycol
- Impurities (identity and concentrations): for tripropylene glycol: 0.08% dipropylene glycol, 0.08% unidentified components; 0.06% water. For monopropylene glycol: 0.12% dipropylene glycol, 0.16% water.
- Lot/batch No.: non-radiolabelled tripropylene glycol: TB930101-07-2, radiolabelled tripropylene glycol: 911204; monopropylene glycol: 933385
- Supplier: non-radiolabelled tripropylene glycol: Designed Chemicals TS&D (The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI); radiolabeled tripropylene glycol: Wizard Laboratories (Davis, CA); PG: Fisher Scientific.
- Isomers composition (for tripropylene glycol) not determined, but the material currently produced by the Dow Chemical Company is ~70% secondary hydroxyl
- Radiochemical purity (for tripropylene glycol): 84.0± 2.0% TPG with a 11.7± 1.7% impurity consisting of the higher molecular weight polymer tetrapropylene glycol. Another 1.7% of the radioactivity eluted at the retention time of dipropylene glycol.
- Specific activity (for tripropylene glycol): 10.50 mCi/mmol
- Locations of the label (for tripropylene glycol): at secondary C atom in a position with respect to either ther function or hydroxide moiety
Constituent 1
- Radiolabelling:
- yes
- Remarks:
- 14-C for tripropylene glycol
Test animals
- Species:
- rat
- Strain:
- Fischer 344
- Sex:
- male
- Details on test animals or test system and environmental conditions:
- TEST ANIMALS
- Source: Charles River Breeding Laboratories (Kingston, NY)
- Age at study initiation:
- Weight at study initiation: 187-197 g
- Fasting period before study: 17 hours
- Diet (e.g. ad libitum): certified rodent chow #5002 (Purina Mills, Inc.), ad libitum, except withdrawn approx. 17 hours prior to the administration of the test material and returned ca. 4 hours post-dosing.
- Water (e.g. ad libitum): municipal tap water, ad libitum
- Acclimation period: ca. 1 week, plus 2 days in metabolism cages prior to the dosing
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
- Photoperiod (hrs dark / hrs light): 12/12
The rooms were designed to maintain adequate environmental temperature, relative humidity and airflow for the rat.
Administration / exposure
- Route of administration:
- oral: gavage
- Vehicle:
- water
- Details on exposure:
- PREPARATION OF DOSING SOLUTIONS:
The oral dose solutions were prepared in distilled water to provide target doses of 40 mg/kg tripropylene glycol and 50 mg/kg monopropylene glycol when administered in an amount of 4 g dose solution/kg bw.
The tripropylene glycol dose solution was prepared by adding appropriate amounts of 14C-tripropylene glycol and non-radiolabeled tripropylene glycol to distilled water to obtain a target dose of 40 mg tripropylene glycol/kg bw. The target radioactivity was ca. 125 µCi per animal. Aliquots of the tripropylene glycol dosing solution were analyzed to determine the amount of radioactivity and actual tripropylene glycol concentration in the dosing solution.
The monopropylene glycol dose solution was prepared by adding appropriate amounts of non-radiolabeled monopropylene glycol to distilled water to obtain a target dose of 50 mg/kg bw. Aliquots of the monopropylene glycol dosing solution were analyzed to determine the actual monopropylene glycol concentration in the dosing solution.
VEHICLE
Water
- Amount of vehicle (if gavage): 4 g dose solution/kg bw (target); 4.5 g dose solution/kw bw (actual for 14C-tripropylene glycol); 4.2 g dose solution/kg bw (actual for monopropylene glycol). - Duration and frequency of treatment / exposure:
- Single oral target dose
Doses / concentrations
- Remarks:
- Doses / Concentrations:
Target:
40 mg/kg bw for 14C-tripropylene glycol (labelled at secondary C atom in a position with respect to ether function or hydroxide moiety)
50 mg/kg bw for non-radiolabelled monopropylene glycol
Actual received:
48.2 mg/kg bw for 14C-tripropylene glycol
59.4 mg/kg bw for monopropylene glycol
- No. of animals per sex per dose / concentration:
- 5 males/dose
- Control animals:
- no
- Details on study design:
- - Dose selection rationale: a dose of 40 mg tripropylene glycol/kg bw was selected based on recent studies on dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether (DPGDME) where a low dose of 30 mg 14C-DPGDME was administered.
Assuming that one mole of tripropylene glycol could be metabolized to 3 moles of monopropylene glycol, a 50 mg/kg dose of monopropylene glycol was selected as 3-fold molar dose to tripropylene glycol. - Details on dosing and sampling:
- METABOLITE CHARACTERISATION STUDIES
- Tissues and body fluids sampled (delete / add / specify): urine, faeces, blood, liver, kidney, fat, brain, muscle, and remaining carcass.
- Time and frequency of sampling: for approx. 24 hours post-dosing for excreta; at sacrifice 24-hours post-dosing for blood, liver, kidney, fat, brain, muscle, and remaining carcass.
- From how many animals: 5 (samples pooled for urine)
- Method type(s) for identification: liquid scintillation counting (radioactivity determination); GC/NCI/MS (chemical analysis)
Results and discussion
Toxicokinetic / pharmacokinetic studies
- Details on absorption:
- Following the administration of 48.2 mg 14C-tripropylene glycol/kg bw to male rats, an average of 91.4 ±2.07 % (SD) of the 14C label administered to animals was recovered from excreta, CO2, skin, tissues and carcass when the animals were sacrificed approximately 24 hours post-dosing. This indicates that 14C-tripropylene glycol is rapidly absorbed if administered by oral gavage.
- Details on distribution in tissues:
- Approximately 10% of the radiolabelled dose was recovered from tissues and carcass. Expressed as percent of administered dose per gram of tissue, the liver and kidney had the greatest amounts of radiolabel per gram of tissue 24 hours after dosing with 14C-tripropylene glycol (0.20 ± 0.02% and 0.09 ± 0.00%, respectively). The remaining carcass had 0.06 ± 0.02% of the administered dose per gram. The 14C concentration in the liver and kidneys, on a per gram of tissue basis, was approximately 6.4-fold and 2.8 fold greater than blood (0.03 ± 0.00%), respectively. Skin, brain, muscle and fat all had less radiolabel per gram of tissue than blood (< 0.03%).
- Details on excretion:
- The greatest percentage of the administered radiolabeled dose was recovered in the urine (52.3 ± 3.54%), with most of the remaining radioactivity exhaled as 14CO2 (20.7±0.59%). Approximately 5% and 3% of the dose was recovered in the feces and the final cage wash, respectively.
Toxicokinetic parameters
- Toxicokinetic parameters:
- other: No information
Metabolite characterisation studies
- Metabolites identified:
- yes
- Details on metabolites:
- The data on the animals administered monopropylene glycol indicate that approximately 11% of the monopropylene glycol administered was recovered in the urine as free monopropylene glycol with < 1% of the dose recovered as acid-labile conjugates. In the study with radiolabeld tripropylene glycol, twenty-four hours after administration of a single oral dose of 40 mg/kg bw to male rats, only 5.8% of the dose was recovered as unmetabolized parent compound in the urine, while 7.2% was recovered as acid-labile conjugates of tripropylene glycol, 5.1% and 3.3% as free and acid-labile conjugates of dipropylene glycol and 3.3% and 0.6% as free and acid-labile conjugates of monopropylene glycol, respectively. A large fraction (21%) of the14C-tripropylene glycol dose was catabolized all the way to14CO2, indicating considerable breakdown of tripropylene glycol.
Any other information on results incl. tables
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