*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : SY0525000
CHEMICAL NAME : Phleomycin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 11006-33-0
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 21
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C13-H28-N3-O12
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 418.44
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Agricultural Chemical
Mutagen
Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* NSC 616586
* Phleomycin complex
*** 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 : 649 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,590,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 4 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,590,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 371 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,590,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 13 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: 19,260,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 25 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: 19,260,1966
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 21 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,590,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,590,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 13 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: 19,260,1966
** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/kg/10D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
JAJAAA Journal of Antibiotics, Series A. (Tokyo, Japan) V.6-20, 1953-67.
For publisher information, see JANTAJ. Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,260,1966
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 200 ng/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 : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/L/30M
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,181,1977
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION : 1 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
AEMIDF Applied and Environmental Microbiology. (American Soc. for
Microbiology, 1913 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006) V.31- 1976-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 43,177,1982
TYPE OF TEST : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
FEBLAL FEBS Letters. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1968- Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,35,1974
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 1250 ug/L
REFERENCE :
BICHAW Biochemistry. (American Chemical Soc., Distribution Office Dept.
223, POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC 20037) V.1- 1962-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,307,1974
TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/L
REFERENCE :
ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis. (New York, NY) V.1-9, 1979-87. For
publisher information, see EMMUEG. Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,633,1983
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION : 330 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year:
48,6837,1988
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Human Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,251,1969
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Human Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 100 ug/L/24H
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,251,1969
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 ug/kg
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,289,1968
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,289,1968
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: In vivo cytogenetics-mammalian oocyte
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