*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TR1500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Polymyxin E sulfate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1264-72-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C45-H85-N13-O10.H2-O4-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 1066.51
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Belcomycin
   * Colimycin sulfate
   * Colistin sulfat
   * Colistin sulfate
   * Colistin, sulfate (salt)
   * Colomycin syrup
   * Polymyxin E sulfate (salt)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 72200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   KSRNAM Kiso to Rinsho.  Clinical Report.  (Yubunsha Co., Ltd., 1-5, Kanda
   Suda-Cho, Chiyoda-ku, KS Bldg., Tokyo 101, Japan)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,7,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 793 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,395,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 21800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,395,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 53500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,395,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ABANAE Antibiotics Annual.  (New York, NY)  1953-60.  For publisher
   information, see AMACCQ.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,41,1959/1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 58 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NKRZAZ Chemotherapy (Tokyo).  (Nippon Kagaku Ryoho Gakkai, 2-20-8 Kamiosaki,
   Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.1-    1953- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   16,105,1968

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ANBCB3 Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Basel).  (S. Karger AG, Postfach
   CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland) V.17-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,119,1982

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4682
       No. of Facilities: 215 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 2247 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1438 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***