*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QH4375000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Myristic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 544-63-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0508624
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-01126 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H28-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 228.42
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV13
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Crodacid
   * Emery 655
   * Hydrofol acid 1495
   * Hystrene 9014
   * Neo-fat 14
   * Tetradecanoic acid
   * n-Tetradecanoic acid
   * n-Tetradecoic acid
   * 1-Tridecanecarboxylic acid
   * Univol U 316S
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 mg/3D (Intermittent)
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   85DKA8 "Cutaneous Toxicity, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference, 1976," Drill,
   V.A., and P. Lazar, eds., New York, Academic Press, Inc. 1977
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,127,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Mild
REFERENCE :
   JACTDZ Journal of the American College of Toxicology.  (Mary Ann Liebert,
   Inc., 1651 Third Ave., New York, NY 10128)  V.1-12, 1982-1993. Discontinued.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 6(3),321,1987
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : >10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIHAAP American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal.  (AIHA, 475 Wolf
   Ledges Pkwy., Akron, OH 44311)  V.19-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   37,251,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 43 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   18,141,1961
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ppb
REFERENCE :
   ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.  (New York Academy of
   Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1877-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 407,186,1983

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M1300
       No. of Facilities: 1041 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 15
       No. of Occupations: 26
       No. of Employees: 17023 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M1300
       No. of Facilities: 2926 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 35
       No. of Occupations: 48
       No. of Employees: 72432 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 29696 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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