*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YW4500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Vancomycin, sulfate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 64685-75-2
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C66-H75-Cl2-N9-O24.H2-O4-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 1547.48
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Vancocin sulfate
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AMBIEH Antibiotiki i Meditsinskaya Biotekhnologiya.  Antibiotics and Medical
   Biotechnology. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.30-V.32,
   1985-1987  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,910,1987
 
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