*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : GK6890000
CHEMICAL NAME : Concanavalin A
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 11028-71-0
LAST UPDATED : 199806
DATA ITEMS CITED : 21
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* CON A
* Concanavaline A
* NSC 143504
* Ricin-toxin con A
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 41500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
NCISP* National Cancer Institute Screening Program Data Summary,
Developmental Therapeutics Program. (Bethesda, MD 20205)
Volume(issue)/page/year: JAN1986
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag,
Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,759,1980
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 5385 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JOBAAY Journal of Bacteriology. (American Soc. for Microbiology, 1913 I
St., NW, Washington, DC 20006) V.1- 1916- Volume(issue)/page/year:
32,227,1936
** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 5 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
CGANE7 Congenital Anomalies. (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, 377-2 Ono-higashi,
Osakasayama, Osaka-Fu 589 Japan) V.27- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
34,113,1994
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 10 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
REFERENCE :
CGANE7 Congenital Anomalies. (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, 377-2 Ono-higashi,
Osakasayama, Osaka-Fu 589 Japan) V.27- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
34,113,1994
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 10 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
(including nose and tongue)
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - cardiovascular
(circulatory) system
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
34,701,1996
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 20 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 8 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
resorbed implants per total number of implants)
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetotoxicity (except death,
e.g., stunted fetus)
REFERENCE :
FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.20- 1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
34,701,1996
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrauterine
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE : 1 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 5 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in
number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)
REFERENCE :
CCPTAY Contraception. (Geron-X, Inc., POB 1108, Los Altos, CA 94022) V.1-
1970- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,667,1981
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 5 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - eye/ear
REFERENCE :
SEIJBO Senten Ijo. Congenital Anomalies. (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, c/o
Kinki Daigaku Igakubu Kaibagaku Kyoshitsu, 380 Nishiyama, Sayama-cho,
Mirami-Kawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan) V.1-26, 1960-86. For publisher
information, see CGANE7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,125,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 2500 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
SEIJBO Senten Ijo. Congenital Anomalies. (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, c/o
Kinki Daigaku Igakubu Kaibagaku Kyoshitsu, 380 Nishiyama, Sayama-cho,
Mirami-Kawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan) V.1-26, 1960-86. For publisher
information, see CGANE7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,125,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 5 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - cytological changes (including
somatic cell genetic material)
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - Central Nervous System
REFERENCE :
NDKIA2 Kankyo Igaku Kenkyusho Nenpo (Nagoya Daigaku). Annual Report of the
Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University. (Nagoya
Daigaku Kankyo Igaku Kenkyusho, Furo-cho, Chikosa-ku, Nagoya 464, Japan)
V.1- 1949- Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,230,1981
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 5 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - cytological changes (including
somatic cell genetic material)
REFERENCE :
TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan
R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 1968-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 24(1),16A,1981
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 5 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 7 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - craniofacial
(including nose and tongue)
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - skin and skin
appendages
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
SEIJBO Senten Ijo. Congenital Anomalies. (Nippon Senten Ijo Gakkai, c/o
Kinki Daigaku Igakubu Kaibagaku Kyoshitsu, 380 Nishiyama, Sayama-cho,
Mirami-Kawachi-gun, Osaka-fu, Japan) V.1-26, 1960-86. For publisher
information, see CGANE7. Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,170,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE : 1200 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 4 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in
number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)
REFERENCE :
CCPTAY Contraception. (Geron-X, Inc., POB 1108, Los Altos, CA 94022) V.1-
1970- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,129,1979
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intrauterine
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE : 80 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 13 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - musculoskeletal system
REFERENCE :
TJADAB Teratology, The International Journal of Abnormal Development. (Alan
R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.1- 1968-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,395,1989
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - hamster
DOSE : 800 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION : female 3 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in
number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)
REFERENCE :
CCPTAY Contraception. (Geron-X, Inc., POB 1108, Los Altos, CA 94022) V.1-
1970- Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,507,1987
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - not otherwise specified Embryo
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
DKBSAS Doklady Biological Sciences (English Translation). Translation of
DANKAS: Biological Section. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY
10013) V.112- 1957- Volume(issue)/page/year: 223,316,1975
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Non-mammalian species Embryo
DOSE/DURATION : 25 mg/L
REFERENCE :
EXPEAM Experientia. (Birkhaeuser Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel,
Switzerland) V.1- 1945- Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,1568,1976
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 400 ug/kg
REFERENCE :
JJMCAQ Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology. (National Institute
of Health, 2-chome, Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan) V.5- 1952-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 36,43,1983
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 65,1321,1980
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X3830
No. of Facilities: 3 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 1
No. of Employees: 10 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 10 (estimated)
*** END OF RECORD ***