*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VW5503000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Silymarin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 65666-07-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >1600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GWXXBX German Offenlegungsschrift Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent and
   Trademark Office, Foreign Patents, Washington, DC 20231)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: #2423725
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 390,141,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 390,141,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   RCOCB8 Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. (PJD
   Pub. Ltd., P.O. Box 966, Westbury, NY 11590)  V.1-    1970-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,273,1988
 
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