*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CG1055000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Arsenic acid, magnesium salt (1:6)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 12255-72-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : As2-Mg6-O11
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 471.70
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Magnesium arsenate
   * Magnesium arsenate oxide
   * Magnesium arsenide oxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - general anesthetic
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,105,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - general anesthetic
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,105,1961
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg/34D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - regional or general arteriolar or venous dilation
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
   Related to Chronic Data - death
REFERENCE :
   TPKVAL Toksikologiya Novykh Promyshlennykh Khimicheskikh Veshchestv.
   Toxicology of New Industrial Chemical Substances.  For English translation,
   see TNICS*.  (Izdatel'stvo Meditsina, Moscow, USSR)  No.1-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,105,1961
 
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