CAS 59-30-3|Folic Acid

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION

RTECS NUMBER :

LP5425000

CHEMICAL NAME :

Folic acid

CAS REGISTRY NUMBER :

59-30-3

LAST UPDATED :

199806

DATA ITEMS CITED :

15

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C19-H19-N7-O6

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

441.45

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

T66 BN DN GN JNJ CZ EQ H1MR DVMYVQ2VQ

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

500 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

10 gm/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

85 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Behavioral - muscle weakness Behavioral - coma

TYPE OF TEST :

LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Subcutaneous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

200 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes Blood - changes in spleen

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

282 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rabbit

DOSE/DURATION :

410 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intravenous

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - guinea pig

DOSE/DURATION :

120 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

TYPE OF TEST :

TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Parenteral

DOSE :

150 mg/kg

SEX/DURATION :

female 10 day(s) after conception

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - cytological changes (including somatic cell genetic material)

TYPE OF TEST :

Unscheduled DNA synthesis

TYPE OF TEST :

Unscheduled DNA synthesis

MUTATION DATA

TEST SYSTEM :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

250 mg/kg

REFERENCE :

CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,136,1969 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974) NOHS Hazard Code - M1051 No. of Facilities: 220 (estimated) No. of Industries: 4 No. of Occupations: 14 No. of Employees: 11106 (estimated) NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - M1051 No. of Facilities: 2823 (estimated) No. of Industries: 11 No. of Occupations: 40 No. of Employees: 60281 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 29903 (estimated)

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