*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MU8540000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hydrazine, benzyl-, dihydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 20570-96-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198910
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H10-N2.2Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 195.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZM1R &GH 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzylhydrazine dihydrochloride
 
                       *** 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           : 11 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
   JMCMAR Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.  (American Chemical Soc.,
   Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC
   20037)  V.6-    1963-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,20,1975
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 gm/kg/29W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   ZKKOBW Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung und Klinische Onkologie.  (Berlin,
   Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.76-92, 1971-78.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 87,267,1976
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,343,1968
 
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