*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MF4300000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Guanidine, monohydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 50-01-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H5-N3.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 95.55
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZYZUM &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aminoformamidine hydrochloride
   * Aminomethanamidine hydrochloride
   * Carbamidine hydrochloride
   * Guanidine chloride
   * Guanidine hydrochloride
   * Guanidinium chloride
   * Guanidinium hydrochloride
   * Iminourea hydrochloride
   * USAF EK-749
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Severe
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD-A166-306
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 81400 ug
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD-A184-068
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 475 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - excitement
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD-A165-747
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 404 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,251,1926
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 571 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Behavioral - irritability
REFERENCE :
   ATDAEI Acute Toxicity Data. Journal of the American College of Toxicology,
   Part B. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128)  V.1-
   1990-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,598,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD277-689
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 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            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ATDAEI Acute Toxicity Data. Journal of the American College of Toxicology,
   Part B. (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128)  V.1-
   1990-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,596,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 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       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 131,171,1928
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraarterial
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 131,171,1928
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   JIDHAN Journal of Industrial Hygiene.  (Cambridge, MA)  V.1-17, 1919-35. For
   publisher information, see AEHLAU.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,87,1931
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 53,531,1973

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X3755
       No. of Facilities: 115 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 22
       No. of Employees: 2097 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 589 (estimated)

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

 
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