*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : OO6300000 CHEMICAL NAME : Mandelic acid CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 90-64-2 LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 6 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H8-O3 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 152.16 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QYR&VQ COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Acido mandelico * Amygdalic acid * Glycolic acid, phenyl- * alpha-Hydroxyphenylacetic acid * alpha-Hydroxy-alpha-toluic acid * Kyselina 2-fenyl-2-hydroxyethanova * Kyselina mandlova * Paramandelic acid * Phenylglycolic acid * Phenylhydroxyacetic acid * Racemic mandelic acid * alpha-Toluic acid, alpha-hydroxy- * Uromaline *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 3 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4- 1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 64,79,1940 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 4100 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : BCFAAI Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico. (Societa Editoriale Farmaceutica, Via Ausonio 12, 20123 Milan, Italy) V.33- 1894- Volume(issue)/page/year: 112,53,1973 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : >300 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : EMSUA8 Experimental Medicine and Surgery. (Brooklyn, NY) V.1-29, 1943-71. Suspended. Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,223,1946 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Gastrointestinal - gastritis Gastrointestinal - ulceration or bleeding from stomach Liver - other changes REFERENCE : AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4- 1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 64,79,1940 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - 84432 No. of Facilities: 174 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 2 No. of Employees: 1744 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***