*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VN2265000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Saframycin A
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 66082-27-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199403
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C29-H30-N4-O8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 562.63
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 21-Cyanosaframycin-B
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4900 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   71,790,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   71,790,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   GMCRDC Gann Monograph on Cancer Research.  (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring
   St., New York, NY 10013) No. 11-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   27,95,1981
 
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