*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AU7140000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Adenine, sulfate (2:1)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 321-30-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H5-N5.1/2H2-O4-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 821.71
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BM DN FN HNJ IZ &..H2.S-O4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Adenine hemisulfate
   * Adeninium sulfate
   * Adeninsulfat
   * 1H-Purin-6-amine, sulfate (2:1)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 232,302,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   47,229,1979

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,24,1957

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83237
       No. of Facilities: 59 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 588 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 83237
       No. of Facilities: 496 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 5574 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2982 (estimated)

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

 
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