*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SO5550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3H-Phenothiazine, 3-(dimethylamino)-7-(methylimino)-,
                          hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 531-55-5
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 2150-35-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H16-N3-S.Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 305.85
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BS EY INJ EUN1 MN1&1 &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Azure B
   * AZUR I
   * Azure I
   * C.I. 52010
   * 3-(Dimethylamino)-7-(methylimino)-3H-phenothiazine hydrochloride
   * 3-(Dimethylamino)-7-(methylamino)-phenothiazin-5-ium chloride
   * 3-Methylamino-7-dimethylaminophenzathonium chloride
   * Methylene azure B
   * Modr Kresylova BB
   * Trimethylthionine chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 65 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   44,225,1978
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 umol/L/5H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,27,1979

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

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - T1407
       No. of Facilities: 150 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 664 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - T1407
       No. of Facilities: 101 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 3055 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 2122 (estimated)

 
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