*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : NM7519500
CHEMICAL NAME           : 5'-Inosinic acid, disodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 4691-65-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H11-N4-O8-P.2Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 392.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BN DN FVO INJ B- BT5OTJ CQ DQ E1OPWO &-NA- 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Disodium IMP
   * Disodium inosinate
   * Disodium 5'-inosinate
   * Disodium inosine 5'-monophosphate
   * Disodium inosine 5'-phosphate
   * IMP disodium salt
   * 5'-Imp disodium salt
   * IMP sodium salt
   * Inosine 5'-monophosphate disodium
   * Inosin-5'-monophosphate disodium
   * Sodium inosinate
   * Sodium 5'-inosinate
 
                       *** 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           : 15900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   AJINO* Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  (9 W. 57th St., Suite 4625, New York, NY 10019)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4850 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   AJINO* Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  (9 W. 57th St., Suite 4625, New York, NY 10019)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   AJINO* Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  (9 W. 57th St., Suite 4625, New York, NY 10019)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   AJINO* Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  (9 W. 57th St., Suite 4625, New York, NY 10019)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIDZAH Tokyo Ika Daigaku Zasshi.  Journal of Tokyo Medical College.  (Tokyo
   Ika Daigaku Igakkai, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan)  1918-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,553,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIDZAH Tokyo Ika Daigaku Zasshi.  Journal of Tokyo Medical College.  (Tokyo
   Ika Daigaku Igakkai, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan)  1918-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,553,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5480 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   AJINO* Ajinomoto Co., Inc.  (9 W. 57th St., Suite 4625, New York, NY 10019)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,-,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIDZAH Tokyo Ika Daigaku Zasshi.  Journal of Tokyo Medical College.  (Tokyo
   Ika Daigaku Igakkai, 6-1-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan)  1918-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,553,1966
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 693 gm/kg/26W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in bladder weight
   Endocrine - changes in spleen weight
REFERENCE :
   TXCYAC Toxicology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
   Limerick, Ireland) V.1-    1973-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,185,1974
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 250 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 10 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
   JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology.  (Japanese Pharmacological Soc.,
   c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
   606, Japan)  V.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,201,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 500 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 13 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology.  (Japanese Pharmacological Soc.,
   c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
   606, Japan)  V.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,201,1972
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   22,623,1984

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1104
       No. of Facilities: 213 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 3527 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1444 (estimated)

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