title: Subchronic inhalation toxicity study of 2-ethylhexanol vapour in rats.
abstract: A 90-day subchronic inhalation toxicity study was performed on Wistar rats in accordance to OECD testing guidelines to evaluate the toxicological profile of 2-ethylhexanol, potential target organs, and a no-observable-adverse-effect-level (NOAEL). 10 males and 10 females per group were exposed to 2-ethylhexanol vapours at concentrations of 15, 40 and 120 ppm (the latter corresponding to the vapour saturation at 20 degrees C) 6 hours/day for 90 days. The respective controls inhaled clean air under the same conditions. No substance-related adverse effects were observed for body weight, body weight gain, mortality, organ weights, clinical biochemistry and haematological parameters including clotting time. Cyanide-insensitive palmitoyl-CoA oxidation, a marker for peroxisome proliferation, was found elevated in a subchronic study in Fischer 344 rats after gavage application of 500 mg/kg but not under the conditions of this 90-day subchronic inhalation study. There were no findings related to the treatment with 2-ethylhexanol either at necropsy or at histological examination. The highest concentration tested under these conditions (120 ppm) was found to be the NOAEL for male and female rats.
authors.affiliation: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Department of Toxicology, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Klimisch
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Deckardt
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gembardt
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D000441:Hexanols / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D008830:Microbodies / Q000187:drug effects; D019055:No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D010968:Plasticizers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000441:Hexanols; D010968:Plasticizers; D010171:Palmitoyl Coenzyme A; C034017:2-ethylhexanol