*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EK5670000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Butanesulfinic acid, 4,4'-pentathiobis-, disodium
                          salt, hydrate (4:8:1)
LAST UPDATED            : 198611
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H16-O4-S7.2Na.1/4H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 451.11
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4,4'-Pentathiobis(1-butanesulfinic acid) disodium salt hydrate (4:8:1)
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 270 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Immunological Including Allergic - decreased immune response
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   57,161,1986
 
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