*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : JG7522000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,9-Dioxacyclohexadeca-3,11-diene-2,5,10,13-tetrone,
                          8,16-bis(2-oxopropyl)-, (8S-(3E,8R*, 11E,16R*))-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 37244-00-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199509
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H24-O8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 392.44
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T-16-OV EV IOV MV CU KUTJ H1V1 P1V1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Vermiculin
   * Vermiculine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 420 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JANTAJ Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc., 2-20-8
   Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141, Japan)  V.2-5, 1948-52;  V.21- 1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,208,1972
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   FOMIAZ Folia Microbiologica (Prague).  (Academia, Vodickova 40, 112 29
   Prague 1, Czechoslavakia) V.4-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,389,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   FOMIAZ Folia Microbiologica (Prague).  (Academia, Vodickova 40, 112 29
   Prague 1, Czechoslavakia) V.4-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,389,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   PHARAT Pharmazie.  (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18,
   Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   48,854,1993
 
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