*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WG9415000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Spiramycin C
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 24916-52-7
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 13445-44-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199203
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C46-H78-N2-O15
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 899.26
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Forocidin III
   * Forocidine III
   * Foromacidin C
   * Foromacidine C
   * Spiramycin III
   * Spiromycin III
 
                       *** 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           : 407 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,652,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2040 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85FZAT "Index of Antibiotics from Actinomycetes," Umezawa, H. et al., eds.,
   Tokyo, Univ. of Tokyo Press, 1967  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,606,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 204 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANTCAO Antibiotics and Chemotherapy (Washington, DC).  (Washington, DC)
   V.1-12, 1951-62.  For publisher information, see CLMEA3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,652,1961
 
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