*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UM6790000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pseudourea, 2,2-ethylenedithiodi-, dihydrobromide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6943-65-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199012
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H10-N4-S2.2Br-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 340.14
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : MUYZS2SYZUM &EH 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Carbamimidothioic acid, 1,2-ethanediyl ester, dihydrobromide
   * 2,2'-Ethylene-bis-(2-thiopseudourea), dihydrobromide
   * Ethylene diisothiourea dihydrobromide
   * Ethylene diisothiouronium dibromide
   * Pseudourea, 2,2'-ethylenebis(2-thio-, dihydrobromide
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 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           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#02909
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,929,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ATMPA2 Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology.  (Grune & Stratton,
   Inc., POB 6280, Duluth, MN 55806)  V.1-    1907-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,177,1938
 
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