*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LM5850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Fluorescein, 2',4',5',7'-tetrabromo-, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 17372-87-1
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 12777-83-2
                          1340-15-4
                          122199-14-8
                          95917-83-2
                          37361-24-3
                          84932-33-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H8-Br4-O5.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 693.90
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BO EVJ DE FE IR BVQ& LE MQ NE &-NA- 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acid Red 87
   * Aizen Eosine GH
   * Basacid Red 316
   * Bromo acid
   * Bromo B
   * Bromo 4DC
   * Bromo 4DL
   * Bromoeosine
   * Bromo FL
   * Bromofluoresceic acid
   * Bromo fluorescein
   * Bromo JPS
   * Bromo TS
   * Bromo X-100
   * Bromo XX
   * Bronze Bromo
   * Certiqual Eosine
   * Cerven kysela 87
   * C.I. 45380
   * C.I. Acid Red 87
   * D&C Red No. 22
   * Disodium eosin
   * Eosin
   * Eosin A
   * Eosine
   * Eosine A
   * Eosine BPC
   * Eosine BS
   * Eosine BS-SF
   * Eosine DA
   * Eosine DWC 73
   * Eosine Extra Conc. A. Export
   * Eosine Extra Yellowish
   * Eosine FA
   * Eosine G
   * Eosine 3G
   * Eosine GF
   * Eosine J
   * Eosine K
   * Eosine K Salt Free
   * Eosine OJ
   * Eosine S13 (bluish)
   * Eosine sodium salt
   * Eosine w/s
   * Eosine Y
   * Eosine 3Y
   * Eosine YB
   * Eosine Yellowish
   * Eosine Yellowish-(YS)
   * Eosine YS
   * Eosin G
   * Eosin gelblich
   * Eosin Y
   * Eosin YS
   * Fenazo Eoxine XG
   * Hidacid Boiling Bromo
   * Hidacid Bromo acid regular
   * Hidacid Dibromo Fluorescein
   * Hidacid Eosine Soda Salt
   * Hidacid White Bromo
   * Irgalite Bronze Red CL
   * Phloxine Red 20-7600
   * Japan Red 103
   * Japan Red 230-1
   * Morning red
   * Orient Water Red 2
   * Phloxine Toner B
   * Phlox Red Toner X-1354
   * Pure eosine YY
   * Red No. 103
   * Red No. 230-1
   * 11445 Red
   * 11731 Red
   * Sodium eosinate
   * Sodium eosine
   * Spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one,  
   2',4',5',7'-tetrabromo-3',6'-dihydroxy-, 2Na
   * Symuler Eosin Toner
   * Tetrabromofluorescein
   * Tetrabromofluorescein D
   * 2',4',5',7'-Tetrabromofluorescein disodium salt
   * Tetrabromofluorescein S
   * Toyo Eosine G
   * Water Red 2
   * 1903 Yellow Pink
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IJLEAG International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
   (POB 1097, Bloomfield, NJ 07003)  V.1-    1933-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,257,1934
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2344 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EAPHA6 Eastern Pharmacist.  (507, Ashok Bhawan, 93, Neru Place, New Delhi
   110 019, India) V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,125,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   IJLEAG International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases.
   (POB 1097, Bloomfield, NJ 07003)  V.1-    1933-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,257,1934
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 14 gm/kg/78W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,367,1955
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19(Suppl 21),2,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   TRENAF Kenkyu Nenpo--Tokyo-toritsu Eisei Kenkyusho.  Annual Report of Tokyo
   Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health.  (Tokyo-toritsu Eisei
   Kenkyusho, 24-1, 3-chome, Hyakunin-cho, Shin-juku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-
      1949/50-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,153,1976

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,183,1977

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M1450
       No. of Facilities: 2601 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 18
       No. of Occupations: 28
       No. of Employees: 24024 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M1450
       No. of Facilities: 4477 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 20
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 59954 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 28062 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay; Histidine
   reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: S cerevisiae gene conversion
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***