*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EK7792500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butanoic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-2-(1-methylethyl)-,
                          (2,3,5,7a-tetrahydro-1H-pyrrolizin-7-yl) methyl
                          ester, (7aS-(7(2R*,3S*),7aR*))-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 551-58-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199801
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H25-N-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 283.41
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Supinin
   * Supinine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 212 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 126,179,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,2237,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 149 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 126,179,1959
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ZEVBA5 Zeitschrift fuer Vererbungslehre.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.89-98,
   1958-66.  For publisher information, see MGGEAE. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   91,74,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - species unspecified Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CYTBAI Cytobios. (Faculty Press, 88 Regent St., Cambridge, UK)  V.1- 1969- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,151,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - species unspecified Leukocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CYTBAI Cytobios. (Faculty Press, 88 Regent St., Cambridge, UK)  V.1- 1969- 
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,151,1975

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***