*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RD2625000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Noscapine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 128-62-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0099933
REFERENCE               : 4-27-00-06838 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C22-H23-N-O7
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 413.46
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C566 DO FO KN EH&&TJ HO1 K1 J- DT56 BVO DHJ HO1 IO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Capval
   * Coscopin
   * Coscotabs
   * Key-tusscapine
   * Longatin
   * Lyobex
   * Methoxyhydrastine
   * O-Methylnarcotoline
   * Narcompren
   * Narcosine
   * Narcotin
   * Narcotine
   * (-)-Narcotine
   * 1-alpha-Narcotine
   * Narcotussin
   * Narkotin
   * Nectadon
   * Nicolane
   * Nipaxon
   * Noscapal
   * Noscapalin
   * Noscapin
   * L-alpha-Noscapine
   * NSC 5366
   * Opian
   * Opianine
   * Terbenol
   * Tusscapine
   * Vadebex
 
                       *** 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           : 1520 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YAKUD5 Gekkan Yakuji.  Pharmaceuticals Monthly.  (Yakugyo Jihosha, Inaoka
   Bldg., 2-36 Jinbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-   1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,2331,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 853 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YAKUD5 Gekkan Yakuji.  Pharmaceuticals Monthly.  (Yakugyo Jihosha, Inaoka
   Bldg., 2-36 Jinbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-   1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,2331,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 960 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YAKUD5 Gekkan Yakuji.  Pharmaceuticals Monthly.  (Yakugyo Jihosha, Inaoka
   Bldg., 2-36 Jinbo-cho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-   1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,2331,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 725 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RPTOAN Russian Pharmacology and Toxicology (English Translation).
   Translation of FATOAO.  (Euromed Pub., 33, Woodlands Rd., Surbiton, Surrey,
   UK)  V.30-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,338,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 83 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:
   3,96,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 73200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - mydriasis (pupillary dilation)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   OYYAA2 Oyo Yakuri.  Pharmacometrics.  (Oyo Yakuri Kenkyukai, CPO Box 180,
   Sendai 980-91, Japan) V.1-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,323,1968
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   ATSUDG Archives of Toxicology, Supplement.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
   Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  No.1-    1978-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,41,1980

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 84631
       No. of Facilities: 1254 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 2211 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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