Peanuts toxic properties

Other than fuel, the largest volume appHcation for hexane is in extraction of oil from seeds, eg, soybeans, cottonseed, safflower seed, peanuts, rapeseed, etc. Hexane has been found ideal for these appHcations because of its high solvency for oil, low boiling point, and low cost. Its narrow boiling range minimises losses, and its low benzene content minimises toxicity. These same properties also make hexane a desirable solvent and reaction medium in the manufacture of polyolefins, synthetic mbbers, and some pharmaceuticals. The solvent serves as catalyst carrier and, in some systems, assists in molecular weight regulation by precipitation of the polymer as it reaches a certain molecular size. However, most solution polymerization processes are fairly old it is likely that those processes will be replaced by more efficient nonsolvent processes in time. 

Toxaphene has a broad spectrum of pesticidal activity [3]. It was mainly used on cotton, but was also sprayed extensively on soybeans, peanuts, tobacco, vegetables, turf, and many other crops [3,20,26]. The use on 168 agricultural commodities has been reported [20]. One special field of application of toxaphene was during flowering due to its presumed moderate toxicity to bees [20]. The product manufactured in the former German Democratic Republic was most likely called Melipax (Fig. 1) due to this property The name is an acronym of Apis mellifera (zoological name of the honeybee) and pax (Latin for peace) [27],... 

Properties Tan gran, waxy solid, faint tallow-like odor sol. in ethyl acetate, warm abs. alcohol sol. hazy in warm peanut or min. oil insol. in water m.w. 402.57 dens. 0.989 HLB 6.7 acid no. 8 max. sapon. no. 140-150 hyd. no. 275-305 flash pt. > 230 F ref. index 1.4780 nonionic Toxicology No known toxicity skin and eye irritant TSCA listed... 

Properties YIsh. cryst., rose-llke odor sol. In min. oil, peanut oil, ethanol, PEG-8, oleyl alcohol, castor oil Insol. In water m.w. 228.26 m.p. 62-6 5 C Toxicology LD50 (oral, rat) 7400 mg/kg, (IP, mouse) 300 mg/kg poison by IP route mild toxicity by Ing. experimental reproductive effector mutagenic data TSCA listed... 

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