*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TU3835000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pregna-1,4-diene-3,20-dione,
                          9-fluoro-11,21-dihydroxy-16-methyl-17-((1-oxopentyl)o
                          xy)-, (11-beta,16-beta)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2152-44-5
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 12772-60-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 31
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C27-H37-F-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 476.64
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E5 B666 OV AHTTT&J A BF CQ E FV1Q FOV4 G -A&B
                          -B&ACEFG
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Betamethasone valerate
   * Betamethasone 17-valerate
   * Betnovate
   * Betnovateat
   * Celestoderm
   *   9-Fluoro-11-beta,17,21-trihydroxy-16-beta-methylpregna-1,4-diene-3,20-di
     one-17-valerate
   * beta-Methasone 17-valerate
   * Valisone
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,687,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >4500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,687,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,2102,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4067 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKIZAB Shikoku Igaku Zasshi.  Shikoku Medical Journal.  (Tokushima Igakkai,
   Tokushima Daigaku Igakubu, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770, Japan)  V.1- 1950- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,153,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 632 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKIZAB Shikoku Igaku Zasshi.  Shikoku Medical Journal.  (Tokushima Igakkai,
   Tokushima Daigaku Igakubu, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770, Japan)  V.1- 1950- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,153,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 496 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKIZAB Shikoku Igaku Zasshi.  Shikoku Medical Journal.  (Tokushima Igakkai,
   Tokushima Daigaku Igakubu, Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima 770, Japan)  V.1- 1950- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,153,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 61200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,687,1984
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 87500 mg/kg/35D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,225,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 18 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - changes in heart weight
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl
   1),121,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in bone marrow (not otherwise specified)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7(Suppl
   1),15,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 42 mg/kg/5W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,1217,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 ug/kg/35D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Endocrine - changes in adrenal weight
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,205,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 175 mg/kg/35D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,2102,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 mg/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Related to Chronic Data - changes in uterine weight
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl 1),1,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 91 mg/kg/91D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
   Endocrine - changes in adrenal weight
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(Suppl
   1),121,1981
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 19800 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Maternal Effects - parturition
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   YACHDS Yakuri to Chiryo.  Pharmacology and Therapeutics.  (Raifu Saiensu
   Shuppan K.K., 2-5-13, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,3045,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 19800 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - stillbirth
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - live birth index (measured after birth)
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - sex ratio
REFERENCE :
   YACHDS Yakuri to Chiryo.  Pharmacology and Therapeutics.  (Raifu Saiensu
   Shuppan K.K., 2-5-13, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,3045,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 19800 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
   YACHDS Yakuri to Chiryo.  Pharmacology and Therapeutics.  (Raifu Saiensu
   Shuppan K.K., 2-5-13, Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104, Japan)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,3045,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1100 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,441,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 44 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
   (including nose and tongue)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - body wall
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,67,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 44 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-17 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Maternal Effects - uterus, cervix, vagina
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,67,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 1 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 11 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   YKRYAH Yakubutsu Ryoho.  Medicinal Treatment.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-14,
   1968-81.  Suspended.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1585,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 1 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 14 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   YKRYAH Yakubutsu Ryoho.  Medicinal Treatment.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-14,
   1968-81.  Suspended.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1585,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 3300 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 12 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
   (including nose and tongue)
REFERENCE :
   YKRYAH Yakubutsu Ryoho.  Medicinal Treatment.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-14,
   1968-81.  Suspended.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1585,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 7500 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - abortion
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - stillbirth
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,685,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 1500 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,685,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 1300 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 6-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Maternal Effects - uterus, cervix, vagina
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,87,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 1300 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 6-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - eye/ear
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,87,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 1300 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 6-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
   (including nose and tongue)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - body wall
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,87,1980

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5286
       No. of Facilities: 218 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 14402 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 12762 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***