*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FI0709000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Carrageenan, potassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 64366-24-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199007
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Potassium carrageenan
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - structural changes in vessels
   Liver - other changes
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes
REFERENCE :
   BJEPA5 British Journal of Experimental Pathology.  (Blackwell Scientific
   Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK)  V.1-    1920-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   57,455,1976
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 uL/plate
REFERENCE :
   MILEDM Microbios Letters.  (Faculty Press, 88 Regent St., Cambridge, UK)
   V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,145,1977
 
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