*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OP2060000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Mannitol, D-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 69-65-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1721898
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-02841 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H14-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 182.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Q1YQYQ 2 -BBAA -D
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexanehexol
   * Manna sugar
   * Mannite
   * D-Mannitol
   * NCI-C50362
   * Osmitrol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 17143 mg/kg/2D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - BP elevation not characterized in autonomic section
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
REFERENCE :
   AIMDAP Archives of Internal Medicine.  (AMA, 535 N. Dearborn St., Chicago,
   IL 60610)  V.1-    1908-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 144,2053,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 13500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,1367,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 9690 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,1367,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 22 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - ulceration or bleeding from small intestine
REFERENCE :
   FAONAU FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series.  (Rome, Italy)  No.?-57,
   1948-77.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,160,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 14 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,98,1936
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7470 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,1367,1981
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mol/L
REFERENCE :
   ARMKA7 Archiv fuer Mikrobiologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-94,
   1930-73.  For publisher information, see AMICCW.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   91,305,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   PNASA6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
   of America.  (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101
   Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,1171,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4308
       No. of Facilities: 1555 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 14
       No. of Occupations: 31
       No. of Employees: 41268 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 28689 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   NTP Carcinogenesis Bioassay (feed);no evidence:mouse,rat
   NTPTR* National Toxicology Program Technical Report Series.  (Research
   Triangle Park, NC 27709) No.206-  Volume(issue)/page/year: NTP-TR-236,82

 
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