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Table 1 Overview of the HO substances in sub-chronic toxicity study (OECD 408) in Wistar Han rats

From: The subchronic toxicity of higher olefins in Han Wistar rats

HO substances

CAS number

EC Number

Type of substance

Dose levels (mg/kg bw/day)

Carbon number

Composition (%)

Representative chemical structure

Alpha (Vinyl)

Methyladene (Vinylidene)

Internal Di-sub (cis/trans)

Tri-sub

Tetra-sub

Arachis Oil BP (vehicle control)

NA

NA

Mixture

0

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

Oct-1-ene

111-66-0

203-893-7

MC

100

8

~90

< 5

<5

0

0

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1000

Nonene, branched*

97280-95-0

306-492-6

UVCB

20

9

0

<5

~30

~65

<1

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100

500

Octadec-1-ene

112-88-9

204-012-9

UVCB

20

18

~60

~35

~5

0

0

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100

500

Octadecene

27070-58-2

248-205-6

UVCB

100

18

<5

<5

~60

~30

0

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1000

Hydrocarbons, C12-30, olefin-rich, ethylene polymn. by-product**

68911-05-7

272-762-4

UVCB

100

23.6

<5

<5

~70

~10

~10

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300

1000

  1. The highest concentration of each structural element among these 5 substances is marked in bold
  2. NA Not Applicable, MC Monoconstituent, UVCB Unknown or Variable composition, Complex reaction products or Biological materials
  3. *Note that after a review of substance naming in 2014, the UVCB Nonene was renamed Nonene, branched with the new CAS and EC number as stated in the table above
  4. **Also known as Alkenes, C19-23, this substance ceased manufacture in 2018