*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GD6825000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cinnamaldehyde, alpha-pentyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 122-40-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0511292
REFERENCE               : 2-07-00-00310 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H18-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 202.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHY5&U1R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Amylcinnamaldehyde
   * alpha-Amyl cinnamaldehyde
   * Amylcinnamic acid aldehyde
   * Amyl cinnamic aldehyde
   * alpha-Amyl cinnamic aldehyde
   * alpha-Amyl-beta-phenylacrolein
   * 2-Benzylideneheptanal
   * Flomine
   * Heptanal, 2-benzylidene-
   * Heptanal, 2-(phenylmethylene)-
   * Jasminal
   * Jasminaldehyde
   * Pentylcinnamaldehyde
   * alpha-Pentylcinnamaldehyde
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   CTOIDG Cosmetics and Toiletries.  (Allured Pub. Corp., POB 318, Wheaton, IL
   60189)  V.91-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94(8),41,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 5%/2W
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   ADVEA4 Acta Dermato-Venereologica.  (Almqvist & Wiksell, POB 45150, S-10430
   Stockholm, Sweden) V.1-    1920-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,121,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   CTOIDG Cosmetics and Toiletries.  (Allured Pub. Corp., POB 318, Wheaton, IL
   60189)  V.91-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 94(8),41,1979
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise
   specified
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
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

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1835
       No. of Facilities: 6963 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 22
       No. of Occupations: 31
       No. of Employees: 79408 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 47945 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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