CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

BV8054000

CHEMICAL NAME :

5-beta-Androstan-3-one, 17-beta-hydroxy-

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

571-22-2

LAST UPDATED :

199206

DATA ITEMS CITED :

3

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C19-H30-O2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

290.49

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

L E5 B666 OVTJ A1 E1 FQ

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

240 mg/kg/5D-I

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria Skin and Appendages - tumors

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

DOSE :

160 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 12-15 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - skin and skin appendages Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - delayed effects

MUTATION DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

DNA inhibition

TEST SYSTEM :

Human Lymphocyte

DOSE/DURATION :

50 umol/L

REFERENCE :

PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1903/04- Volume(issue)/page/year: 146,401,1974