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date: 20–JUL–2005<br />

5. Toxicity Substance ID: 71–43–2<br />

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Type: Metabolism<br />

Remark: When benzene or toluene was administered to rats ip in<br />

combination with the other, their disappearance rate from<br />

blood and the rate of urinary excretion of their<br />

metaboliteswere delayed compared with those when they were<br />

given separately. This metabolic interaction was found to<br />

be dosedependent. The metabolism of benzene or toluene<br />

studied in vitro with rat liver 10,000g supernatant fraction<br />

was inhibited competitively by the presence of the other.<br />

The solubility of benzene and toluene in blood and their<br />

bindingwith bovine serum albumin were not influenced by the<br />

presence of the other, indicating that absorption and<br />

distribution are unaffected by their simultaneous presence.<br />

A human experimental exposure to a mixture of benzene and<br />

toluene revealed that there is no significant interaction<br />

between them with respect to their fate.<br />

Source: Deutsche Shell Chemie GmbH Eschborn ;German rapporteur<br />

Flag: Risk Assessment<br />

14–SEP–2000 (1004)<br />

Type: Metabolism<br />

Remark: Chronic exposure to benzene (25 to 1000 ppm) is<br />

characterized by a progressive degeneration of bone marrow<br />

and dysfunction of the hemopoietic system. In the<br />

peripheral blood, lymphocytopenia is one of the most<br />

sensitive and easily measured indicators of benzene<br />

toxicity. Extensive studies have provided considerable<br />

evidence that the expression of benzene toxicity requires<br />

metabolism of the parent compound to one or more toxic<br />

species including phenol, catechol, and hydroquinone. In<br />

the bone marrow, a putative reaction pathway for the<br />

formation of covalent adducts from benzene requires<br />

myeloperoxidase.<br />

Source: Deutsche Shell Chemie GmbH Eschborn ;German rapporteur<br />

Flag: Risk Assessment<br />

14–SEP–2000 (1007)<br />

Type: Metabolism<br />

Remark: The metabolic pathways and kinetics of benzene metabolism<br />

were explored in vitro, providing sufficient data to<br />

developa mathematical model of the reactions that occur.<br />

Differences in in vitro benzene metabolism among mice, rats,<br />

and individual humans were investigated. Mice metabolize<br />

benzene faster than rats, while the range of rates exhibited<br />

by human tissue samples spans that of mice and rats. Some<br />

qualitative differences were observed between in vitro and<br />

in vivo benzene metabolism. These differences can be<br />

explained, however, by incorporating the regional<br />

distribution of liver enzymes into a physiologically based<br />

pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model.<br />

Source: Deutsche Shell Chemie GmbH Eschborn ;German rapporteur<br />

Flag: Risk Assessment<br />

<strong>Appendix</strong> D: Benzene SIDS <strong>Dossier</strong><br />

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