*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VO0875000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Salicylic acid, acetate, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 493-53-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199012
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H7-O4.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 202.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OVR BOV1 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetylsalicylic acid sodium salt
   * O-Acetylsalicylic acid, sodium salt
   * Acetylsalicylsaeure natriumsalz
   * Aspirin-natrium
   * Sodium acetylsalicylate
   * Sodium aspirin
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 306 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   GWXXBX German Offenlegungsschrift Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent and
   Trademark Office, Foreign Patents, Washington, DC 20231)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: #2810425
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1450 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   79,357,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 114,299,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
REFERENCE :
   HDTU** "Pharmakologische Prufung von Analgetika, Dissertation," Herrlen, G.,
   Pharmakologischen Institut der Universitat Tubingen, Fed. Rep. Ger., 1933 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1933
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 909 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1290,1935
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Host-mediated assay
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   24,219,1975
 
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