*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : CU8700000
CHEMICAL NAME : Benzamide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 55-21-0
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 27208-38-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0385876
REFERENCE : 4-09-00-00725 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED : 13
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C7-H7-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 121.15
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZVR
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Amid kyseliny benzoove
* Benzenecarboxamide
* Benzoic acid amide
* Benzoylamide
* Phenylcarboxamide
* Phenylcarboxyamide
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 781 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - ptosis
Behavioral - muscle weakness
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
France) V.1- 1943- Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,23,1990
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year:
19,20,1971
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1282 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - ptosis
Behavioral - muscle weakness
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - acute pulmonary edema
REFERENCE :
APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
France) V.1- 1943- Volume(issue)/page/year: 48,23,1990
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 1 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: 28,335,1994
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 15500 ng/well
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 260,349,1991
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 300 umol/L
REFERENCE :
NULSAK Nucleus (Calcutta). (Dr. A.K. Sharma, Centre of Advanced Studies in
Cell and Chromosome Research, Calcutta, 35 Baliygunge Circular Rd., Calcutta
700 019, India) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,198,1985
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1650 umol/kg
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 192,141,1987
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1980-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,1185,1987
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 126,63,1984
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Kidney
DOSE/DURATION : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information
Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,329,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Kidney
DOSE/DURATION : 1000 ppm/8H
REFERENCE :
IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information
Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,329,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Kidney
DOSE/DURATION : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information
Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,329,1980
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***