*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CV5860000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzamide, thio-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2227-79-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H7-N-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 137.21
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZYR&US
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenecarbothioamide
   * Benzothiamide
   * Benzothioamide
   * Thiobenzamide
   * Tiobenzamide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 95 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,237,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/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: 11,1383,1977
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6300 mg/kg/15W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - multiple effects
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   BSIBAC Bolletino della Societe Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale.  (Casa
   Editrice Idelson, Via A. de Gasperi, 55, 80133 Naples, Italy)  V.2- 1927- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 54,1027,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 13 gm/kg/38W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   55,34,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 13300 mg/kg/38W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   ARTODN Archives of Toxicology.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.32-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   55,34,1984
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 192,141,1987

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

 
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