*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FZ2250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 5-beta-Cholan-24-oic acid,
                          3-alpha,12-alpha-dihydroxy-, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 302-95-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 20
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C24-H39-O4.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 414.62
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E5 B666TJ A1 DQ E1 FY1&2VO OQ &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cholan-24-oic acid, 3,12-dihydroxy-, monosodium salt,  
   (3-alpha,5-beta,12-alpha)-
   * Deoxycholate sodium
   * Deoxycholic acid sodium salt
   * Desoxycholate sodium
   * Dihydroxy 3-12 cholanate de Na
   * 3,12-Dihydroxy-cholan-24-oic acid monosodium salt,  
   (3-alpha,5-beta,12-alpha)-
   * 3-alpha,12-alpha-Dihydroxy-5-beta-cholan-24-oic acid sodium salt
   * Natrium-3-alpha,12-alpha-dihydroxycholanat
   * Na-Desoxycholat
   * Sodium deoxycholate
   * Sodium 7-deoxycholate
   * Sodium deoxycholic acid
   * Sodium desoxycholate
 
                       *** 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           : 1370 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 123 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2430 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,323,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1050 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - ulceration or bleeding from stomach
   Gastrointestinal - ulceration or bleeding from small intestine
REFERENCE :
   ESKHA5 Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku.  Bulletin of the Institute of Hygienic
   Sciences.  (Kokuritsu Eisei Shikenjo Kagaku, 18-1 Bushitsu Johobu,
   Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan)  V.1-    1886-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   (103),29,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 36 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   ESKHA5 Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku.  Bulletin of the Institute of Hygienic
   Sciences.  (Kokuritsu Eisei Shikenjo Kagaku, 18-1 Bushitsu Johobu,
   Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan)  V.1-    1886-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   (103),29,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 815 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 107 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 90,18,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 15 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - other changes
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   ZGEMAZ Zeitschrift fuer die Gesamte Experimentelle Medizin.  (Berlin, Fed.
   Rep. Ger.)  V.1-139, 1913-65.  For publisher information, see REXMAS.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 52,779,1926
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 700 mg/kg/28D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - changes in lung weight
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   ESKHA5 Eisei Shikenjo Hokoku.  Bulletin of the Institute of Hygienic
   Sciences.  (Kokuritsu Eisei Shikenjo Kagaku, 18-1 Bushitsu Johobu,
   Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158, Japan)  V.1-    1886-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   103,29,1985
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1400 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 28 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland,
   accessory glands
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,45,1969
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 pph/3H
REFERENCE :
   CSHSAZ Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology.  (Cold Spring
   Harbor Laboratory, POB 100, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724)  V.1-    1933-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,256,1947
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Aspergillus nidulans
DOSE/DURATION           : 960 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 93,101,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   NUCADQ Nutrition and Cancer.  (Franklin Institute Press, POB 2266,
   Phildelphia, PA 19103) V.1-    1978-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,227,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/L
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: 28,504,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Rectal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   75,29,1984

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83389
       No. of Facilities: 138 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 361 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83389
       No. of Facilities: 673 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 9
       No. of Employees: 7419 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 5995 (estimated)

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

 
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