*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VJ8580000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ristocetin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1404-55-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Spontin
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >500 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: 4,687,1956/1957

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X4123
       No. of Facilities: 27 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 92 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 86 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***