*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QI8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Naphthacenecarboxamide,
                          4-(dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,6,
                          10,12,12a- pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 60-54-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 44
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C22-H24-N2-O8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 444.48
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E6 C666 BV FV CU GUTTT&J DQ EQ GVZ HQ IN1&1 MQ M1
                          RQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Abramycin
   * Abricycline
   * Agromicina
   * Ambramicina
   * Ambramycin
   * Amycin
   * Biocycline
   * Cefracycline suspension
   * Criseociclina
   * Cyclomycin
   * Deschlorobiomycin
   * Hostacyclin
   * Liquamycin
   * 6-Methyl-1,11-dioxy-2-naphthacenecarboxamide
   * Neocycline
   * Oletetrin
   * Omegamycin
   * Orlycycline
   * Panmycin
   * Polycycline
   * Roviciclina
   * Steclin
   * Tetrabon
   * Tetracycline
   * Tetracycline I
   * Tetracycline II
   * Tetracyn
   * Tetradecin
   * Tsiklomitsin
   * T-125
   * Veracin
   * Vetacyclinum
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 mg/kg/15D
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Gastrointestinal - decreased motility or constipation
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - urine volume decreased
REFERENCE :
   SMJOAV Southern Medical Journal.  (Southern Medical Assoc., POB 2446,
   Birmingham, AL 35205) V.1-    1908-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,961,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Multiple routes
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE/DURATION           : 310 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
   Liver - jaundice, other or unclassified
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - metabolic acidosis
REFERENCE :
   NEJMAG New England Journal of Medicine.  (Massachusetts Medical Soc., 10
   Shattuck St., Boston, MA 02115)  V.198-    1928-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   270,157,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 807 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,185,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 310 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,493,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 129 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,411,1954
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 678 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AJTHAB American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  (Allen Press,
   1041 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66044)  V.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,254,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85FZAT "Index of Antibiotics from Actinomycetes," Umezawa, H. et al., eds.,
   Tokyo, Univ. of Tokyo Press, 1967  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,134,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GDA2 "CRC Handbook of Antibiotic Compounds," Vols.1- ,  Berdy, J., Boca
   Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,42,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 157 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRPSAX Farmaco, Edizione Scientifica. (Casella Postale 227, 27100 Pavia,
   Italy)  V.8-43 1953-88 For publisher information, see FRMCE8
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,346,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 1875 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GMAT "Toxicometric Parameters of Industrial Toxic Chemicals Under Single
   Exposure," Izmerov, N.F., et al., Moscow, Centre of International Projects,
   GKNT, 1982  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,109,1982
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ug/kg/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in serum composition (e.g. TP, bilirubin, cholesterol)
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - phosphatases
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - transaminases
REFERENCE :
   AMBIEH Antibiotiki i Meditsinskaya Biotekhnologiya.  Antibiotics and Medical
   Biotechnology. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.30-V.32,
   1985-1987  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,781,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg/30D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
   Immunological Including Allergic - decreased immune response
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,793,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ku/kg/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Immunological Including Allergic - decrease in cellular immune response
   Immunological Including Allergic - decrease in humoral immune response
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - prostate, seminal vesicle, Cowper's gland,
   accessory glands
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,350,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 140 mg/kg/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Endocrine - other changes
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,74,1978
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE                    : 200 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 34-35 week(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - delayed effects
REFERENCE :
   BJDEAZ British Journal of Dermatology.  (Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., POB
   88, Oxford, UK) V.63-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 76,374,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE                    : 80 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-39 week(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - other postnatal measures or effects
REFERENCE :
   JAMAAP JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association.  (AMA, 535 N.
   Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60610)  V.1-    1883-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   188,178,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 10 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 8-21 day(s) after conception
                          lactating female 7 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
REFERENCE :
   TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan
   R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.1-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,462,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 863 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : lactating female 4 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - physical
REFERENCE :
   NRTXDN Neurotoxicology.  (Intox Press, Inc., POB 34075, Little Rock, AR
   72203)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,65,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 413 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : lactating female 3 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - behavioral
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - physical
REFERENCE :
   NRTXDN Neurotoxicology.  (Intox Press, Inc., POB 34075, Little Rock, AR
   72203)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,65,1993
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 100 ug/m3/24H
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-20 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,839,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1 mg/m3/24H
SEX/DURATION            : female 1-20 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - extra-embryonic structures
   (e.g., placenta, umbilical cord)
REFERENCE :
   ANTBAL Antibiotiki.  (Moscow, USSR)  V.1-29, 1956-84.  For publisher
   information, see AMBIEH.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,839,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 700 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 8-14 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
REFERENCE :
   ANKHEW Antibiotiki i Khimioterapiya.  Antibiotics and Chemotherapy. (V/O Me
   zhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moskow, USSR)  V.33-    1988-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 34,779,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 3 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 9-14 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 45(1),83,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 700 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : lactating female 14 day(s) post-birth
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - skin and skin
   appendages
REFERENCE :
   32XPAD "Teratology," Berry, C.L., and D.E. Poswillo, eds., New York,
   Springer, 1975  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,83,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE                    : 55 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 8-18 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
   e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
   JIDOAA Experimental Animals.  Jikken Dobutso Iho.  (Nippon Jikken Dobutsu
   Gakkai, c/o Keio Gijuku Daigaku Igakubu Jikken Dobutsu Senta, 35
   Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,387,1986
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 97,1,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - grasshopper
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg
REFERENCE :
   PISCAD Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress.  (Indian Science Congress
   Assoc., 14, Dr. Biresh Guha St., Calcutta, 700017, India)  1st- 1914- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 58(Pt 3),623,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 110 mg/kg/24H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 224,209,1989

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   YJBMAU Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.  (333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT
   06510)  V.1-    1928-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,377,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   PLMJAP Pahlavi Medical Journal.  (Shiraz, Iran)  V.1-9, 1970-78.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,160,1975

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   MMWOAU Muenchener Medicinische Wochenschrift.  (Munich, Fed. Rep. Ger.)
   V.33-115, 1886-1973.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 115,1661,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   KDYIA5 Kidney International.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service
   Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,82,1976

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   INTEAG Internist.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz
   Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094) V.1-    1960-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,7,1974

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CLPTAT Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (St. Louis).  (C.V. Mosby Co.,
   11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,480,1964

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ARVPAX Annual Review of Pharmacology.  (Palo Alto, CA)  V.1-15, 1961-75. For
   publisher information, see ARPTDI.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,447,1965

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   AJMEAZ American Journal of Medicine.  (Technical Pub., 875 Third Ave., New
   York, NY 10022) V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,409,1965

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ADVPA3 Advances in Pharmacology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-6, 1962-68.  For
   publisher information, see AVPCAQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,263,1966

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   DMCNAW Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.  (Lippincott/Harper,
   Journal Fulfillment Dept., 2350 Virginia Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740)  V.1-
   1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,353,1965

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   CRTXB2 CRC Critical Reviews in Toxicology.  (CRC Press, Inc., 2000 Corporate
   Blvd., NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431)  V.1-    1971- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,159,1973

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   BMJOAE British Medical Journal.  (British Medical Assoc., BMA House,
   Tavistock Sq., London WC1H 9JR, UK)  V.1-    1857- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,407,1962

   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ADTEAS Advances in Teratology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-5, 1966-72.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,239,1967

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84483
       No. of Facilities: 46 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 358 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 84483
       No. of Facilities: 505 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 8
       No. of Employees: 21485 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 17754 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***