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AR2X-05X BIOSEARCH, INC. p.o. box 8598 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19101 t el ephone: (215) 848-4499 Submitted to: Materi al : Sample Received: Date o f Report: T e s t: Object of Test: Procedure: R e s u lts : Conclus io n: 3M Company 3M Center S t. P a u l, Minnesota 55101 3M Company - T--1388 November 28, 1975 March 4, 1976 Acute Oral T o x ic ity - Rats To study the acute o ral t o x ic it y In ra ts o f the subject m aterial. Four groups o f 5 male 5 female a lb in o ra ts o f the Sherman-Wistar S tra in weighing between 200 and 300 gm were employed in th is study. The ra ts were deprived o f food but not water fo r 24 hours p r io r to dosing. Each animal was weighed and dosed by d ir e c t a d m in istra tio n o f the experim ental m aterial in to the stomach by means o f a syrin g e and dosing needle. The sample was dosed as a 25% w/v suspension in corn o i l . The fo llo w in g dosage le v e ls were ad m inistered : 0.63 gm/kg 1.25 gm/kg 2.5 gm/kg 50 gm/kg Following adm inistration the animals were allowed food and w ater ad lib itu m fo r the 14 day o b servation period during which time the rats were observed fo r signs o f t o x ic it y and m ortalties. See Table 1. The su b ject m aterial when studied in male female a lb in o ra ts has an acute o ral LD^q o f le ss than O.63 gm/kg. Karl L. G ab riel, V.M .D ., Ph.D. D irector 005799 TABLE 1 Acute Oral T o x icity M aterial: 3M Company - T-1388, as a 25% w/v suspension in corn o i l . Dosage Level am/kg 0.63 0.63 1.25 1.25 2.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 Number of Animals Dosed 5 males 5 females 5 males 5 females 5 males 5 females 5 males 5 females M ortali t ies Days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1 l 10000000 0 0 0 0 1200000 000 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 00 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 2003000000 0 0 0 0 3200000000 0 0 0 0 4 100 00 00 00 0 0 0 0 5000000000 0 0 0 0 5000000000 0 0 0 0 Th LD^q i s less than O.63 gm/kg. Total Dead 14 Days 3 .3 5 5 5 5 5 5 Total Survi ved 14 Days 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 008S00