*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : VO0710000 CHEMICAL NAME : Salicylic acid, acetate, anhydride CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 1466-82-6 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2015320 REFERENCE : 4-10-00-00165 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199612 DATA ITEMS CITED : 2 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C18-H14-O7 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 342.32 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * 2-(Acetyloxy)benzoic acid anhydride * Acetylsalicylic acid anhydride * Acetylsalicylic anhydride * Aspirin anhydride * Benzoic acid, 2-(acetyloxy)-, anhydride * Contraflu * Pircan * Vigal *** 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 : 2200 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Cardiac - other changes REFERENCE : TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,514,1960 ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung DOSE/DURATION : 300 mg/L REFERENCE : GMCRDC Gann Monograph on Cancer Research. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013) No. 11- 1971- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,95,1981 *** END OF RECORD ***