Toxicity
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
RTECS NUMBER :
MX4375000
CHEMICAL NAME :
Hydroquinone,
tert-butyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
1948-33-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO.
:
0637923
LAST UPDATED :
199712
DATA ITEMS CITED :
24
MOLECULAR FORMULA
:
C10-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT :
166.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
QR DQ
BX1&1&1
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 :
700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not
reported other than lethal dose value
TYPE OF TEST :
LCLo - Lowest published lethal
concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent -
rat
DOSE/DURATION :
2900 mg/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special
Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified Behavioral - ataxia Lungs, Thorax, or
Respiration - dyspnea
TYPE OF TEST :
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF
EXPOSURE :
Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION
:
300 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
:
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
1 gm/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 :
144
mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - tremor Behavioral - muscle weakness
TYPE OF TEST
:
LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED
:
Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION :
790 mg/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 :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent -
rat
DOSE/DURATION :
16250 mg/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in spleen
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
TYPE OF TEST
:
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED
:
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
10054 ng/kg/12D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Liver -
other changes Liver - changes in liver weight Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or
change in blood or tissue levels - hepatic microsomal mixed oxidase (dealkylation,
hydroxylation, etc.)
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF
EXPOSURE :
Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED :
Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION :
78
gm/kg/13W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not
otherwise specified Gastrointestinal - other changes Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, other
(after systemic exposure)
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE
OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
DOSE :
32500 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION :
female 13 week(s)
pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Maternal Effects - other effects
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - viability index (e.g., # alive at day 4 per # born
alive)
TYPE OF TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE
:
Oral
DOSE :
39 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION :
male 13 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC
EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Paternal Effects - testes, epididymis, sperm duct
TYPE OF
TEST :
TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :
Oral
DOSE :
39
gm/kg
SEX/DURATION :
male 13 week(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive -
Fertility - mating performance (e.g. # sperm positive females per # females mated; #
copulations per # estrus cycles)
TYPE OF TEST :
Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TYPE OF
TEST :
Cytogenetic analysis
TYPE OF TEST :
Sister chromatid exchange
MUTATION
DATA
TYPE OF TEST :
Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM :
Rodent -
hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION :
1700 ug/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research.
(Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 280,17,1992 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA
*** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey
(1983) NOES Hazard Code - X7157 No. of Facilities: 892 (estimated) No. of Industries: 12 No.
of Occupations: 21 No. of Employees: 18166 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 3687
(estimated)