*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : LW8400000
CHEMICAL NAME : Gallic acid, propyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 121-79-9
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 27
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C10-H12-O5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 212.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR BQ CQ EVO3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Drug
Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Benzoic acid, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-, propyl ester
* NIPA 49
* Nipagallin P
* Progallin P
* Propylester kyseliny gallove
* n-Propyl ester of 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid
* Propyl gallate
* n-Propyl gallate
* Propyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate
* n-Propyl 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate
* Tenox PG
* 3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzene-1-propylcarboxylate
* 3,4,5-Trihydroxybenzoic acid n-propyl ester
*** 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 : 2100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: PB245-441
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 380 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
FOTEAO Food Technology (Chicago). (Institute of Food Technolgists, 221 N.
La Salle St., Chicago, IL 60601) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
2,308,1948
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
VPITAR Voprosy Pitaniya. Problems of Nutrition. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya
Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1-10, 1932-41; V.11- 1952-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 25(6),47,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JAOCA7 Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society. (Champaign, IL)
V.24-56, 1947-79. Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,239,1977
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: PB223-840
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION : 2480 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NTIS** National Technical Information Service. (Springfield, VA 22161)
Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
Volume(issue)/page/year: PB223-840
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 42 gm/kg/14D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-240,1982
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 700 mg/kg/7D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For
publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,457,1965
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 113750 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-240,1982
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 84 gm/kg/14D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-240,1982
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 168 gm/kg/2Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
NKEZA4 Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Public Health.
(Nippon Koshu Eisei Gakkai, 1-29-8 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan)
V.1- 1954- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,25,1982
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 45 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 1-22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
SKEZAP Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Food Hygiene Journal. (Nippon Shokuhin
Eisei Gakkai c/o Shokuhin Eisei Senta, 2-6-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150, Japan) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,378,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 19 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 1-22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - viability index (e.g., # alive at day 4
per # born alive)
REFERENCE :
SKEZAP Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. Food Hygiene Journal. (Nippon Shokuhin
Eisei Gakkai c/o Shokuhin Eisei Senta, 2-6-1 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150, Japan) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,378,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 2500 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 1-22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
REFERENCE :
AJANA2 American Journal of Anatomy. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St.,
New York, NY 10003) V.1-192, 1901-91. Volume(issue)/page/year: 110,29,1962
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 200 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
SYSWAE Shiyan Shengwu Xuebao. Journal of Experimental Biology. (China
International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep. China) V.1-
1953- Suspended 1966-77. Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,41,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 900 mg/kg/72H (Intermittent)
REFERENCE :
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
25,302,1995
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 12500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
12,85,1988
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H
St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year:
236,933,1987
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION : 40 mg/L
REFERENCE :
ESKHA5 Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku. Bulletin of the Institute of Hygienic
Sciences. (Kokuritsu Eisei Shikenjo Kagaku, 18-1 Bushitsu Johobu,
Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan) V.1- 1886- Volume(issue)/page/year:
(96),55,1978
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
ATSUDG Archives of Toxicology, Supplement. (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) No.1- 1978-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,41,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H
St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year:
236,933,1987
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
JACTDZ Journal of the American College of Toxicology. (Mary Ann Liebert,
Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128) V.1-12, 1982-1993. Discontinued.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 4(3),23,1985
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 82907
No. of Facilities: 1188 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 6
No. of Occupations: 8
No. of Employees: 5592 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 82907
No. of Facilities: 1806 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 18
No. of Occupations: 29
No. of Employees: 42475 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 23494 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
NTP Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse,rat
NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series. (Research
Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206- Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-240,82
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