CAS 94-36-0|Benzoyl peroxide

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

DM8575000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Benzoyl peroxide

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

94-36-0

LAST UPDATED :

199712

DATA ITEMS CITED :

45

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C14-H10-O4

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

242.24

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

RVOOVR

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

Standard Draize test

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration into the eye

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

7710 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis Liver - other changes Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

5700 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

250 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - species unspecified

DOSE/DURATION :

>1 gm/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

24 gm/kg/30W-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

DNA damage

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified

REFERENCE :

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