*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RT4945000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Palmitic acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 408-35-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C16-H32-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 279.47
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV15 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hexadecanoic acid, sodium salt
   * Sodium hexadecanoate
   * Sodium palmitate
   * Sodium pentadecanecarboxylate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - thrombosis distant from injection site
REFERENCE :
   JCINAO Journal of Clinical Investigation.  (Rockefeller Univ. Press, 1230
   York Ave., New York, NY 10021)  V.1-    1924-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,860,1963
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - guinea pig Kidney
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,431,1976

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83819
       No. of Facilities: 343 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 6
       No. of Occupations: 11
       No. of Employees: 1365 (estimated)

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

 
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