*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CI9097800
CHEMICAL NAME           : DL-Aspartic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 617-45-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H7-N-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 133.12
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * DL-Aminosuccinic acid
   * Aspartic acid, DL-
   * (+-)-Aspartic acid
   * (R,S)-Aspartic acid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >6 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   KHFZAN Khimiko-Farmatsevticheskii Zhurnal.  Chemical Pharmaceutical Journal.
    For English translation, see PCJOAU.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR)  V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(5),17,1990
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10583 mg/kg/1W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - fluid intake
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,738,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4646
       No. of Facilities: 473 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 4699 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2533 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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