*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MB9120000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Glycine, N,N-bis(phosphonomethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2439-99-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1884944
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H11-N-O8-P2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 263.10
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QPQO&1N1VQ1PQQO
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * N,N-Bis(phosphonomethyl)glycine
   * CP 41845
   * Glyphosine
   * Polaris
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3925 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85ARAE "Agricultural Chemicals," Thomson, W.T., 4 vols., Fresno, CA, Thomson
   Publications, 1976/77 revision  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,60,1976/1977
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1920 mg/kg/24D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - changes in liver weight
   Endocrine - changes in thymus weight
   Immunological Including Allergic - decrease in humoral immune response
REFERENCE :
   TXCYAC Toxicology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
   Limerick, Ireland) V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,103,1984

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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