*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : BE5950000
CHEMICAL NAME : Amicetin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 17650-86-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0102092
REFERENCE : 4-25-00-03661 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C29-H42-N6-O9
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 618.77
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6OTJ CQ DN1&1 F1Q BO- DT5OTJ B1 E1 B- AT6NVNJ DMVR
DMVXZ1&1Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
Mutagen
Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Allomycin
* Amicetin-A
* D-13
* NSC 5340
* Sacromycin
* U-4761
*** 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 : 3600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
UPJOH* "Compounds Available for Fundamental Research, Volume II-6,
Antibiotics, A Program of Upjohn Company Research Laboratory." (Kalamazoo,
MI 49001) Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(6),-,1971
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2 gm/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: 5,214,1981
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 530 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: 5,214,1981
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 57 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: -,120,1967
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 6800 ug/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: -,120,1967
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JAJAAA Journal of Antibiotics, Series A. (Tokyo, Japan) V.6-20, 1953-67.
For publisher information, see JANTAJ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,148,1955
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 14 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
UPJOH* "Compounds Available for Fundamental Research, Volume II-6,
Antibiotics, A Program of Upjohn Company Research Laboratory." (Kalamazoo,
MI 49001) Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(6),-,1971
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Protozoa - Euglena gracilis
DOSE/DURATION : 1500 mg/L
REFERENCE :
NEOLA4 Neoplasma. (Karger-Libri, P.O. Box, CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.4-
1957- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,579,1972
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Protozoa - Euglena gracilis
DOSE/DURATION : 1500 mg/L
REFERENCE :
NEOLA4 Neoplasma. (Karger-Libri, P.O. Box, CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.4-
1957- Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,579,1972
*** END OF RECORD ***