*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UU3675000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pyridinium,
                          1-((2-carboxy-8-oxo-7-(2-(2-thienyl)acetamido)-5-thia
                          -1-azabicyclo(4.2.0)o ct- 2-en-3-yl)methyl)-,
                          hydroxide, inner salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 50-59-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 38
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C19-H17-N3-O4-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 415.51
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T46 ANV ES GUTJ HVQ CMV1- BT5SJ& G1- AT6KJ &Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aliporina
   * Ampligram
   * Betaine cephaloridine
   * Cefaloridin
   * Cefaloridine
   * Ceflorin
   * Cepaloridin
   * Cepalorin
   * CEPH 87/4
   * Cephaloridin
   * Cephaloridine
   * Cefalorizin
   * Ceporan
   * Ceporin
   * Ceporine
   * CER
   * Cilifor
   * Deflorin
   * Faredina
   * Floridin
   * Glaxoridin
   * Intrasporin
   * Keflodin
   * Keflordin
   * Kefspor
   * Lilly 40602
   * Lloncefal
   * Loridine
   * Sch 11527
   * Sefacin
   * 7-((2-Thienyl)acetamido)-3-(1-pyridylmethyl)cephalosporanic acid
   * 7-(alpha-(2-Thienyl)acetamido)-3-(1-pyridylmethyl)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic  
   acid betaine
   * 7-(Thiophene-2-acetamido)-3-(1-pyridylmethyl)-3-cephem-4-carboxylic acid  
   betaine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 1137 mg/kg/4D
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
REFERENCE :
   JAMAAP JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association.  (AMA, 535 N.
   Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610)  V.1-    1883-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   200,724,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3170 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,185,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1065 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - Straub tail
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,735,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AACHAX Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-70).  (Ann Arbor, MI)
   1961-70.  For publisher information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,863,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >20 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,735,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5355 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,735,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7745 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,557,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   BYYADW Byoin Yakugaku. Hospital Pharmacology.  (Yakuji Nippon Sha, 1-11
   Izumi-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-    1975-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,220,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - hallucinations, distorted perceptions
   Behavioral - excitement
   Musculoskeletal - changes in teeth and supporting structures
REFERENCE :
   CHTHBK Chemotherapy (Basel).  (S. Karger Pub., Inc., 79 Fifth Ave., New
   York, NY 10003) V.13-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 26,196,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : >1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   AACHAX Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-70).  (Ann Arbor, MI)
   1961-70.  For publisher information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,863,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Primate - monkey
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 550 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,398,1966
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 52 gm/kg/4W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
   Related to Chronic Data - changes in testicular weight
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,735,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14900 mg/kg/21W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Skin and Appendages - dermatitis, other (after systemic exposure)
REFERENCE :
   AACHAX Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-70).  (Ann Arbor, MI)
   1961-70.  For publisher information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,863,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5500 mg/kg/5D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
   Blood - leukopenia
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,407,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2800 mg/kg/8W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Blood - changes in leukocyte (WBC) count
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,407,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 21 gm/kg/14D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   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: 40,1034,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 gm/kg/21D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in sodium
REFERENCE :
   NKRZAZ Chemotherapy (Tokyo).  (Nippon Kagaku Ryoho Gakkai, 2-20-8 Kamiosaki,
   Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.1-    1953- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   40(Suppl 4),162,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14 gm/kg/28D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume increased
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   NKRZAZ Chemotherapy (Tokyo).  (Nippon Kagaku Ryoho Gakkai, 2-20-8 Kamiosaki,
   Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.1-    1953- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28(Suppl 3),131,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 182 gm/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - other changes
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,735,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Primate - monkey
DOSE/DURATION           : 2800 mg/kg/14D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   JLCMAK Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830
   Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141)  V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,75,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 13750 mg/kg/55D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   AACHAX Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-70).  (Ann Arbor, MI)
   1961-70.  For publisher information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,863,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   AACHAX Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (1961-70).  (Ann Arbor, MI)
   1961-70.  For publisher information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,863,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1250 mg/kg/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
REFERENCE :
   NKRZAZ Chemotherapy (Tokyo).  (Nippon Kagaku Ryoho Gakkai, 2-20-8 Kamiosaki,
   Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.1-    1953- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28(Suppl 3),131,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 3500 mg/kg/28D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   BYYADW Byoin Yakugaku. Hospital Pharmacology.  (Yakuji Nippon Sha, 1-11
   Izumi-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-    1975-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,220,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 4200 mg/kg/21D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - proteinuria
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
REFERENCE :
   JLCMAK Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.  (C.V. Mosby Co., 11830
   Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63141)  V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,75,1968
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE                    : 3500 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-25 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,407,1966

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CLANA4 Clinical Anesthesia.  (Philadelphia, PA 19103)  V.1-11, 1963-76.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10(Pt 1),283,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AVCPAY Advances in Clinical Pharmacology.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-18,
   1969-78.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,6,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   MMWOAU Muenchener Medicinische Wochenschrift.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.)
   V.33-115, 1886-1973.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 115,1661,1973

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - A1129
       No. of Facilities: 33 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 1782 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - A1129
       No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 290 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 143 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***