*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WK2132600
CHEMICAL NAME           : D-Streptamine,
                          O-2-amino-2,7-dideoxy-D-glycero-alpha-D-gluco-heptopy
                          ranosyl-(1-4)-O-
                          (3-deoxy-4-C-methyl-3-(methylamino)-beta-L-arabinopyr
                          anosyl-(1-6))-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 49863-47-0
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 83855-92-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1669188
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H40-N4-O10
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 496.64
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6OTJ CZ DQ EQ FYQ1 BO- BL6TJ AZ CQ EZ DO- BT6OTJ CQ
                          DM1 EQ E1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Antibiotic G418
   * G 418
   * Geneticin
 
                       *** 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           : 140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GDA2 "CRC Handbook of Antibiotic Compounds," Vols.1- ,  Berdy, J., Boca
   Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,177,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,67,1993
 
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