*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VT5710000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Senecionan-11,16-dione, 12-hydroxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 130-01-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0934445
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H25-N-O5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 335.44
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T55-12- 1A Q EN IOVY OVO BUTJ KU2 M NQ N
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aureine
   * 12-Hydroxysenecionan-11,16-dione
   * Senecionin
   * Senecionine
 
                       *** 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           : 85 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,19,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 33 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   12,299,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 41200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - other changes
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: 87,382,1946
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,2237,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 64 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
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: 75,69,1942
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION           : 61 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Liver - hepatitis (hepatocellular necrosis), diffuse
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   RETOAE Research Today.  (Indianapolis, IN)  V.1-16, 1944-60.  Discontinued.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,53,1949
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 140 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 4-10 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - female fertility index (e.g. # females pregnant
   per # sperm positive females; # females pregnant per # females mated)
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   JPMSAE Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  (American Pharmaceutical Assoc.,
   2215 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037)  V.50-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 77,461,1988
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ZEVBA5 Zeitschrift fuer Vererbungslehre.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.89-98,
   1958-66.  For publisher information, see MGGEAE. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   91,74,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   45,3125,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 90 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   TOXID9 Toxicologist.  (Soc. of Toxicology, Inc., 475 Wolf Ledge Parkway,
   Akron, OH 44311) V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,42,1981

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ZKKOBW Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung und Klinische Onkologie.  (Berlin,
   Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.76-92, 1971-78.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 78,99,1972

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***