*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WK2130000
CHEMICAL NAME           : D-Streptamine,
                          O-6-amino-6-deoxy-L-glycero-D-galacto-heptopyranosyli
                          dene-(1-2-3)-O-beta-D-
                          talopyranosyl-(1-5)-2-deoxy-N-(sup 3)-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 31282-04-9
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 1403-76-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 6755837
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H37-N3-O13
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 527.60
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Antihelmycin
   * Hydromycin B
   * Hygromix 2.4
   * Hygromix-8
   * Hygromycin B
   * Hygrovetine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LC50 - Lethal concentration, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2220 ug/m3/4H
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - effect, not otherwise
   specified
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - conjunctive irritation
   Behavioral - aggression
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38(5),11,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 63 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38(5),11,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 46000 units/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,396,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
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: 281,992,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GDA2 "CRC Handbook of Antibiotic Compounds," Vols.1- ,  Berdy, J., Boca
   Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,202,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 13 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38(5),11,1973
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 378 mg/kg/17W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in spleen
REFERENCE :
   GISAAA Gigiena i Sanitariya.  For English translation, see HYSAAV.  (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1936-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38(5),11,1973
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   AMACCQ Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  (American Soc. for
   Microbiology, 1913 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,798,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,822,1980

                    *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS ***
 
   OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 0.001 mg/m3;Skin JAN 1993

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M2770
       No. of Facilities: 71 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 357 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***