*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CP0749000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Bacitracin, methylenebis(2-hydroxybenzoate)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 55852-84-1
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 1405-88-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bacitracin methylenedisalicylate
   * BMD
   * Fortracin (bacitracin-MD)
   * Kemitracin 10
   * MD bacitracin
 
                       *** 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 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,304,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,304,1954

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

 
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