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RTECS NUMBER            : LQ4632000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Formamidoxime
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 624-82-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199304
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H4-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 60.07
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QM1UM
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Formamide oxime
   * Formamidoxim
   * N-Hydroxymethanimidamide
   * Isuretin
   * Methanimidamide, N-hydroxy-
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 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: 18,645,1968

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   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: E coli polA without S9

 
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