*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MA7980000
CHEMICAL NAME           : D-Glycero-D-gulo-heptonic acid, calcium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 17140-60-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H28-O16.Ca
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 492.50
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVYQYQYQYQYQ1Q &-CA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Calcium glucoheptanoate
   * Calcium alpha-glucoheptonate
   * Calcium D-glycero-D-gulo-heptonate (1:2)
   * Calcium heptagluconate
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1170 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RPOBAR Research Progress in Organic-Biological and Medicinal Chemistry. (New
   York, NY)  V.1-3, 1964-72.  Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,274,1970

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X7436
       No. of Facilities: 12 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 386 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 234 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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