Toxicity
CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION
RTECS NUMBER :
WG2160000
CHEMICAL NAME :
Sorbic acid,
potassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :
590-00-1
LAST UPDATED :
199706
DATA
ITEMS CITED :
8
MOLECULAR FORMULA :
C6-H7-O2.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT
:
150.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :
QV1U2U2 &-KA-
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 :
4340 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 :
3800 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 :
1300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic
effects not reported other than lethal dose value
MUTATION DATA
TYPE OF TEST
:
Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM :
Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION
:
10 gm/L
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc.,
Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
22,501,1984
