*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OE4470000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lanthanum chloride, heptahydrate
LAST UPDATED            : 199309
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : Cl3-La.7H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 371.40
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2354 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Gastrointestinal - hypermotility, diarrhea
REFERENCE :
   SHGKA3 Shika Gakuho.  Journal of Dentistry.  (Tokyo Shika Daigaku Gakkai,
   1-2-2 Masago, Chiba 260, Japan)  V.1-    1895-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   80,1303,1980
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 28 gm/kg/28D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - true cholinesterase
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - other transferases
REFERENCE :
   JTSCDR Journal of Toxicological Sciences.  (Japanese Soc. of Toxicological
   Sciences, 4th Floor, Gakkai Center Bldg., 4-16, Yayoi 2-chome, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  V.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,331,1992
 
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