*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TR0875000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Polymyxin A
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1404-24-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199512
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Polymixin A
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 13 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   LANCAO Lancet.  (7 Adam St., London WC2N 6AD, UK)  V.1-    1823-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 254,127,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 88 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85ERAY "Antibiotics: Origin, Nature, and Properties," Korzyoski, T., et al.,
   eds., Washington, DC, American Soc. for Microbiology, 1978
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,1542,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   LANCAO Lancet.  (7 Adam St., London WC2N 6AD, UK)  V.1-    1823-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 254,127,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  (New York Academy of
   Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1877-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 51,952,1949
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 ku/kg/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - proteinuria
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,170,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 ku/kg/5D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - changes in tubules (including acute renal failure,
   acute tubular necrosis)
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - proteinuria
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,170,1952
 
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