CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

EX1650000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Camptothecin, sodium salt

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

25387-67-1

LAST UPDATED :

199706

DATA ITEMS CITED :

4

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C20-H18-N2-O5.Na

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

389.39

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

T F6 D6 C566 BN HVO LVN NHT&&&&J GQ G2

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Human

DOSE/DURATION :

2500 ug/kg/7D-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Blood - leukopenia Blood - thrombocytopenia Blood - changes in cell count (unspecified)

REFERENCE :

CCROBU Cancer Chemotherapy Reports, Part 1. (Washington, DC) V.52(6)-59, 1968-75. For publisher information, see CTRRDO. Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,515,1972

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

27 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

PMDCAY Progress in Medical Chemistry. (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017) V.1- 1961- Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,1,1973

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

151 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

GTKRDX Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer and Chemotherapy. (1-8-9 Yaesu, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103, Japan) V.1- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,850,1987

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

57 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

PMDCAY Progress in Medical Chemistry. (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52 Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017) V.1- 1961- Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,1,1973