*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MD6210000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Gold sodium thiosulfate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 10233-88-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : O6-S4.Au.3Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 490.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ..NA3.AU.S2-O3*2
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Thiosulfuric acid, gold(1+) sodium salt (2:1:3)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD75 - Lethal Dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 78 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,105,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 35 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JINCAO Journal of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry.  (Oxford, UK)  V.1-43,
   1955-81.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,2081,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 245 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   49,41,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,105,1952

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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