*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WG5850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Sparsomycin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1404-64-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H19-N3-O5-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 361.47
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * NSC 59729
   * U-19183
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 22 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UPJOH* "Compounds Available for Fundamental Research, Volume II-6,
   Antibiotics, A Program of Upjohn Company Research Laboratory."  (Kalamazoo,
   MI 49001)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(6),-,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CNCRA6 Cancer Chemotherapy Reports.  (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-52, 1959-68.  For
   publisher information, see CTRRDO.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,9,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UPJOH* "Compounds Available for Fundamental Research, Volume II-6,
   Antibiotics, A Program of Upjohn Company Research Laboratory."  (Kalamazoo,
   MI 49001)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(6),-,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   UPJOH* "Compounds Available for Fundamental Research, Volume II-6,
   Antibiotics, A Program of Upjohn Company Research Laboratory."  (Kalamazoo,
   MI 49001)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(6),-,1971
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 89,95,1981

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CRTXB2 CRC Critical Reviews in Toxicology.  (CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate
   Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431)  V.1-    1971- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,159,1973

 
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