*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EX4950000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Candimycin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 37217-65-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199201
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
   TDKNAF Takeda Kenkyusho Nempo.  Annual Report of the Takeda Research
   Laboratories.  (Osaka, Japan) V.1-28, 1936-69.  For publisher information,
   see TAKHAA.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,60,1955
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85ERAY "Antibiotics: Origin, Nature, and Properties," Korzyoski, T., et al.,
   eds., Washington, DC, American Soc. for Microbiology, 1978
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,1029,1978
 
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