*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : SG7175000
CHEMICAL NAME : Phenethyl alcohol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 60-12-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1905732
REFERENCE : 4-06-00-03067 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 25
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 122.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q2R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Benzyl carbinol
* Ethanol, 2-phenyl-
* beta-Fenethylalkohol
* beta-Fenylethanol
* beta-Hydroxyethylbenzene
* Methanol, benzyl-
* PEA
* beta-Pea
* Phenethanol
* beta-Phenethyl alcohol
* 2-Phenethyl alcohol
* beta-Phenylethanol
* 2-Phenylethanol
* Phenylethyl alcohol
* beta-Phenylethyl alcohol
* 2-Phenylethyl alcohol
*** 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 : 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
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 12 gm/10M
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag,
Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,349,1959
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 750 ug/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Severe
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,215,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 100%
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. (London, UK) V.1-19, 1963-81. For
publisher information, see FCTOD7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,903,1975
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 : 1790 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - coma
Gastrointestinal - gastritis
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 : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : >500 mg/m3
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Blood - normocytic anemia
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 52(10),83,1987
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2540 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: 33(5),48,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1640 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - general anesthetic
Behavioral - ataxia
Behavioral - coma
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: 14,211,1920
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JEENAI Journal of Economic Entomology. (Entomological Soc. of America, 4603
Calvert Rd., College Park, MD 20740) V.1- 1908- Volume(issue)/page/year:
48,139,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 790 uL/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
28,313,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 2540 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: 33(5),48,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
38MKAJ "Patty's Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology," 3rd rev. ed., Clayton,
G.D., and F.E. Clayton, eds., New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1978-82.
Vol. 3 originally pub. in 1979; pub. as 2nd rev. ed. in 1985.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 2C,4642,1982
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 6 gm/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - true cholinesterase
REFERENCE :
GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya. For English translation, see HYSAAV. (V/O
Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.1- 1936-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 50(2),70,1985
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 6052 mg/kg/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - true cholinesterase
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - transaminases
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: 33(5),48,1974
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 43 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 6-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - eye/ear
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
(including nose and tongue)
Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - growth statistics (e.g.%, reduced weight
gain)
REFERENCE :
JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. (Hemisphere Pub.,
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1975/76-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,235,1983
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 430 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 6-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - urogenital system
REFERENCE :
JTEHD6 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. (Hemisphere Pub.,
1025 Vermont Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1975/76-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,235,1983
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 14 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 6-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - other developmental
abnormalities
REFERENCE :
EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
Washington, DC 20460) History unknown. Volume(issue)/page/year:
8EHQ-0186-0587
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 4300 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 6-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
EPASR* United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Pesticides
and Toxic Substances. (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW,
Washington, DC 20460) History unknown. Volume(issue)/page/year:
8EHQ-0186-0587
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
GENRA8 Genetical Research. (Cambridge Univ. Press, 32 E. 57th St., New
York, NY 10022) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,107,1969
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION : 8360 umol/L
REFERENCE :
BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
22,2511,1973
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
NOHS Hazard Code - 80836
No. of Facilities: 873 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 22
No. of Occupations: 41
No. of Employees: 34310 (estimated)
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - 80836
No. of Facilities: 10505 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 44
No. of Occupations: 77
No. of Employees: 161595 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 92702 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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