*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WJ5250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 4,4'-Stilbenedicarboxamidine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 122-06-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3206434
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-03639 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C16-H16-N4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 264.36
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : MUYZR D1U1R DYZUM
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * BA 2652
   * Benzamidine, 4,4'-vinylenedi-
   * Stilbamidine
   * Diamidino stilbene
   * 4,4'-Diamidinostilbene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 39 mg/kg/29D
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - hallucinations, distorted perceptions
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
   LANCAO Lancet.  (7 Adam St., London WC2N 6AD, UK)  V.1-    1823-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 246,531,1944
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 43 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,167,1942
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 115 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CHTHBK Chemotherapy (Basel).  (S. Karger Pub., Inc., 79 Fifth Ave., New
   York, NY 10003) V.13-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,371,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   USXXAM United States Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent Office, Box 9,
   Washington, DC 20231)  Volume(issue)/page/year: #2510047
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   USXXAM United States Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent Office, Box 9,
   Washington, DC 20231)  Volume(issue)/page/year: #2510047
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FEPRA7 Federation Proceedings, Federation of American Societies for
   Experimental Biology. (Bethesda, MD)  V.1-46, 1942-87.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,167,1942
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 190 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   EJCODS European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology.  (Pergamon Press,
   c/o Elsevier Science, 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY 10591)  V.17(7)-
   25, 1981-89.  For publisher information, see EJCAEL Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,1575,1983
 
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