*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SF7949600
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phenanthridinium,
                          3,8-diamino-5-(3-(diethylmethylammonio)propyl)-6-phen
                          yl-, diiodide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 25535-16-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C27-H34-N4.2I
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 668.45
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3,8-Diamino-5-(3-(diethylmethylammonio)propyl)-6-phenylphenanthridinium  
   diiodide
   * Propidium diiodide
   * Propidium iodide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 16 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,334,1956
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 127,31,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 82,87,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 umol/L/3D (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 84,501,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: In vitro mammalian nonhuman micronucleus

 
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