*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : ME7750000 CHEMICAL NAME : Guanidine CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 113-00-8 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0506044 REFERENCE : 4-03-00-00148 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199709 DATA ITEMS CITED : 6 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C-H5-N3 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 59.09 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZYZUM COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Aminoformamidine * Aminomethanamidine * Carbamamidine * Carbamidine * Imidourea * Iminourea *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 150 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig, Ger. Dem. Rep.) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1352,1935 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 350 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : BEXBAN Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine (English Translation). Translation of BEBMAE. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013) V.41- 1956- Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,291,1966 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 266 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig, Ger. Dem. Rep.) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1352,1935 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : 85KYAH "Merck Index; an Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals", 11th ed., Rahway, NJ 07065, Merck & Co., Inc. 1989 Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,718,1989 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Amphibian - frog DOSE/DURATION : 3 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : HBAMAK "Abdernalden's Handbuch der Biologischen Arbeitsmethoden." (Leipzig, Ger. Dem. Rep.) Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1352,1935 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X6654 No. of Facilities: 78 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 1 No. of Employees: 465 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 78 (estimated) *** END OF RECORD ***