*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : GM7915000 CHEMICAL NAME : alpha(sup 1-24)-Corticotropin CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 16960-16-0 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0940671 LAST UPDATED : 199612 DATA ITEMS CITED : 2 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C136-H210-N40-O31-S MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 2933.92 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug Human SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Acth(sup 1-24) * ACTH-alpha(sup 1-24) * alpha(sup 1-24)-Acth * beta(sup 1-24)-Acth * Actholain * Ba 30920 * Ba 36716 * Corticotropin-(1-24) * beta-1,24-Corticotrophin * beta(sup 1-24)-Corticotropin * Cortrophin S * Cortrosinta * Cortrosyn * Cosyntropin * Nuvacthen depot * Synacthen * Tetracosactid * Tetracosactide * beta(sup 1-24)-Tetracosactide * Tetracosactrin * Tetracosapeptide *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular SPECIES OBSERVED : Human - woman DOSE/DURATION : 5 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Cardiac - change in rate Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes REFERENCE : JAMAAP JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association. (AMA, 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610) V.1- 1883- Volume(issue)/page/year: 237,879,1977 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X4549 No. of Facilities: 24 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 1071 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 546 (estimated) *** END OF RECORD ***