*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CG5500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Arsenous acid, trisodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 13464-37-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : As-O3.3Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 191.89
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Arsenious acid (H3AsO3), trisodium salt
   * Trisodium arsenite
 
                       *** 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           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPIFAN Japan Pesticide Information.  (Japan Plant Protection Assoc.,
   1-43-11, Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170, Japan)  No.1-61, 1969-92.  For
   publisher information, see AGJAEP.  Volume(issue)/page/year: (3),5,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPIFAN Japan Pesticide Information.  (Japan Plant Protection Assoc.,
   1-43-11, Komagome, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170, Japan)  No.1-61, 1969-92.  For
   publisher information, see AGJAEP.  Volume(issue)/page/year: (3),5,1970
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 77 mg/kg/11D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Spinal Cord - other degenerative changes
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - true cholinesterase
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - dehydrogenases
REFERENCE :
   BECTA6 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   07094)  V.1-    1966-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,303,1983
 
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