*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KE6325000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ergoline, 8,9-didehydro-6,8-dimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 548-42-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0024966
REFERENCE               : 4-23-00-01623 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C16-H18-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 238.36
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C6656 1A P GN LM DUTT&&J E1 G1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Agroclavine
   * (-)-Agroclavine
   * 8,9-Didehydro-6,8-dimethylergoline
 
                       *** 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           : 25 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: 35,1760,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 25500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   58,386,1962
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 50 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-5 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - female fertility index (e.g. # females pregnant
   per # sperm positive females; # females pregnant per # females mated)
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,215P,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 20 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 3-4 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - other measures of fertility
REFERENCE :
   JRPFA4 Journal of Reproduction and Fertility.  (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot,
   POB 32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,81,1969
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 umol/plate
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   47,1811,1987
 
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