*** 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
 
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