Fragrance material review on 2-phenoxyethanol

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2012, Pages

  Scognamiglio, J ^a   Jones, L ^b   Letizia, C S ^a   Api, A M ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FRAGRANCE MATERIALS   (United States)

^b Leah Jones Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragrance material 2 phenoxyethanol; Review

Indexed keywords

2 PHENOXYETHANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ARYL ALKYL ALCOHOL; BENZENE; COSMETIC; FRAGRANCE; HEMOGLOBIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ATAXIA; AUTOPSY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; COVALENT BOND; CROSS ALLERGY; DEATH; DERMAL SYSTEMIC EXPOSURE; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; FLACCID PARALYSIS; GENOTOXICITY; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE OPACITY; LD 50; LETHARGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER CONGESTION; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE TONE; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PHOTOALLERGY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRODUCT SAFETY; PTOSIS; RABBIT; REFLEX; RELATIVE DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; REVIEW; RHINORRHEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TOXICITY; SOLUBILITY; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH OPACITY; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; URINARY EXCRETION; URTICARIA; VAPOR PRESSURE; VASODILATATION; WEAKNESS;

ANIMALS; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERFUME; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN; TOXICITY TESTS;

EID: 84865802211     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.10.030     Document Type: Review

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