*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ED4610000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Boric acid, magnesium salt, octahydrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7789-36-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199012
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : B2-Mg-O4.8H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 254.09
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : .MG..B-O2*2.QH8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * "Antifungin"
   * Magnesium borate
 
                       *** 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           : 5250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   28ZEAL "Pesticide Index," Frear, E.H., ed., State College, PA, College
   Science Pub., 1969  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,141,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 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: 5,154,1981
 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***