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Acute Oral and Genetic Toxicity Study of ASCO EAQ80, a Novel Cationic Surfactant  

Kim, Byeong-Jo (Aekyung Specialty Chemicals Co., LTD.)
Kim, Dong-Hyeon (Aekyung Specialty Chemicals Co., LTD.)
Lee, Jong-Ki (Aekyung Specialty Chemicals Co., LTD.)
Moon, Surk-Sik (Department of Chemistry Kongju National University)
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Applied Chemistry for Engineering / v.20, no.2, 2009 , pp. 145-153 More about this Journal
Abstract
The acute oral and genetic toxicity of ASCO EAQ80 was established in this study. ASCO EAQ80, a novel cationic surfactant produced by Aekyung Speciality Chemicals Co. LTD. is currently commercialized as a clear fabric softener. In acute oral toxicity study, the 50% lethal dose $(LD_{50})$ of ASCO EAQ80 was determined to be higher than 5000 mg/kg and this product could be classified as Category 5 or Unclassified by Globally Harmonized Classification System. Also, to establish the gene-toxicity of ASCO EAQ80, we performed bacterial reversion assay against Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537, Escherichia coli WP2uvrA, and in vitro chromosomal aberration assay against Chinese hamster lung cells in the presence and absence of S-9 metabolic activation system. From these experiments, ASCO EAQ80 revealed nonmutagenic potential in S. typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA1537, and Escherichia coli WP2uvrA both in the absence and presence of metabolic activation system. No clastogenicity of ASCO EAQ80 was observed in chromosomal aberration assay in vitro.
Keywords
ASCO EAQ80; cationic surfactant; clear fabric softener; acute oral toxicity; genetic toxicity;
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