*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SN5425000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3H-Phenothiazine, 7-amino-3-imino-, monohydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 581-64-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H10-N3-S.Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 263.76
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BN ISJ FZ IG LZ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * C.I. 52000
   * Cyanine
   * 3,7-Diaminophenazathionium chloride
   * Katalysin
   * Lauthsches violett
   * Lauth's Violet
   * Phenothiazin-5-ium, 3,7-diamino-, chloride
   * Thionin
   * Thionine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 215 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 204,288,1947
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 7400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   SMBUA9 Stanford Medical Bulletin.  (Palo Alto, CA)  V.1-20, 1942-62.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,96,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD691-490
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8030 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   SMBUA9 Stanford Medical Bulletin.  (Palo Alto, CA)  V.1-20, 1942-62.
   Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,96,1951
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,203,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   TRENAF Kenkyu Nenpo--Tokyo-toritsu Eisei Kenkyusho.  Annual Report of Tokyo
   Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health.  (Tokyo-toritsu Eisei
   Kenkyusho, 24-1, 3-chome, Hyakunin-cho, Shin-juku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-
      1949/50-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,153,1976

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: S cerevisiae gene conversion
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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