CAS 93-58-3|Methyl benzoate

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

DH3850000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Benzoic acid, methyl ester

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

93-58-3

LAST UPDATED :

199806

DATA ITEMS CITED :

11

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C8-H8-O2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

136.16

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

1OVR

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1177 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea Skin and Appendages - hair

REFERENCE :

FAVUAI Fiziologicheski Aktivnye Veshchestva. Physiologically Active Substances. (Izdatel'stvo Naukova Dumka, Kiev, USSR) No.1- 1966- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,69,1986

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

3330 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - tremor Behavioral - excitement

REFERENCE :

FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Administration onto the skin

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Mammal - cat

DOSE/DURATION :

10 gm/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - tremor Behavioral - muscle weakness Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands

REFERENCE :

JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10- Volume(issue)/page/year: 84,358,1945

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

2170 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - muscle weakness Skin and Appendages - hair

REFERENCE :

JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams & Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10- Volume(issue)/page/year: 84,358,1945

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

4100 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,937,1974 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

17400 mg/kg/60D-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain

REFERENCE :

GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936- Volume(issue)/page/year: 49(11),85,1984 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - M1650 No. of Facilities: 61 (estimated) No. of Industries: 3 No. of Occupations: 6 No. of Employees: 1002 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M1650 No. of Facilities: 4188 (estimated) No. of Industries: 51 No. of Occupations: 60 No. of Employees: 73641 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 25030 (estimated)

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