*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WH1450000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Spirost-5-en-3-beta-ol, (25R)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 512-04-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0094582
REFERENCE               : 5-19-03-00030 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C27-H42-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 414.69
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T F5 E5 B666 HXO OUTJ A1 E1 G1 RQ H-& BT6OXTJ E1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Diosgenin
   * Nitogenin
   * Spirost-5-en-3-ol, (3-beta,25R)-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1095,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4872 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1095,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >8 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1095,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3564 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1095,1977
 
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