Evaluation of the acute oral toxicity class of trinuclear chromium(III) glycinate complex in rat.
Chromium(III) is considered as an essential element playing a role in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, and various chemical forms of this element are widely used in dietary supplements. A new trinuclear chromium(III) glycinate complex [Cr(3)O(NH(2)CH(2)CO(2))(6)(H(2)O)(3)](+)NO(3)(-) (CrGly), an analogue of Cr3 (trinuclear Cr(III) propionate complex) has been synthesized as a potential source of supplementary Cr. In this study, we evaluated the acute toxicity class of CrGly in Wistar rats applying the OECD 423 procedure. Male and female Wistar rats (n = 12, 6 ♀ and 6 ♂) were given by gavage either a single dose of CrGly 2,000 mg/kg body mass (equals to 300 mg Cr(III)/kg body mass; in aqueous solution) or equivalent volumes of distilled water and fed ad libitum commercial Labofeed B diet, and observed carefully for 14 days, then sacrificed to collect blood and internal organs for biochemical and histologic examination. No death cases were detected. No abnormalities in animal behavior, body mass gains, gross organ histology, or blood morphology and biochemistry were observed. The results demonstrate that LD(50) of CrGly is greater than 2,000 mg/kg when administrated orally to rat; thus, this compound appears to belong to the fifth category in the GHS system or the fourth class ("unclassified") in the EU classification system.
Department of Human Nutrition and Hygiene, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego, 60-624, Poznan, Poland.
Halina
H
Staniek
Zbigniew
Z
Krejpcio
Katarzyna
K
Iwanik
Henryk
H
Szymusiak
Daria
D
Wieczorek
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D002857:Chromium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
D002857:Chromium
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