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2 - Naphthacenecarboxamide, 4 - alpha - S - (dimethylamino) - 1,4,4a - alpha - 5,5a - alpha,6,11,12a - octahydro - 3,5 - alpha,10,12,12a - alpha - pentahydroxy - 6 - alpha - methyl - 1,11 - dioxo -

RTECS #: QI8650000

CAS #: 564-25-0


UPDATE: May 2009 MW: 444.48 MF: C22H24N2O8


NOTE:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:
  1. SYNONYMS:
  2. MUTATION DATA:
  3. REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA:
  4. ACUTE TOXICITY DATA:
  5. OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA:
  6. REVIEWS:
  7. NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:
  8. STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:
  9. REFERENCES:

SYNONYMS:

  1. 5 - Hydroxy - alpha - 6 - deoxytetracycline
  2. 6 - alpha - Deoxy - 5 - oxytetracycline
  3. Doxiciclina (Italian)
  4. Doxycycline
  5. GS - 3065
  1. Liviatin
  2. Vibramycin
  3. alpha - 6 - Deoxy - 5 - hydroxytetracycline
  4. alpha - 6 - Deoxyoxytetracycline


SKIN AND EYE IRRITATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM
DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
N/R
N/R N/R N/R


MUTATION DATA AND REFERENCES:

SYSTEM TEST ROUTE/
ORGANISM/
TISSUE
DOSE REFERENCE
DNA inhibition human lymphocyte 3,750 µg/L BCPHBM 16,127,1983
micronucleus test oral
human
60 mg/kg/20 day- intermittent MUREAV 608,43,2006


REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM
DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
oral
mouse
lowest published toxic dose: 750 mg/kg (2 day pregnant) Reproductive: Effects on embryo or fetus: Fetotoxicity (except death, e.g., stunted fetus) ARZNAD 36,219,1986


TUMORIGENIC DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM
DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
N/R
N/R N/R N/R


ACUTE TOXICITY DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM
DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
intraperitoneal
mouse
lethal dose (50 percent kill): 410 mg/kg N/R GICTAL 17,276,1970
intraperitoneal
rat
lethal dose (50 percent kill): 378 mg/kg N/R THERAP 23,575,1968
intravenous
dog
lethal dose (50 percent kill): >100 mg/kg N/R PBPSDY 2,305,1979
intravenous
mouse
lethal dose (50 percent kill): 241 mg/kg N/R PBPSDY 2,305,1979
intravenous
rat
lethal dose (50 percent kill): 228 mg/kg N/R PBPSDY 2,305,1979
oral
dog
lethal dose (50 percent kill): >500 mg/kg N/R PBPSDY 2,305,1979
oral
mouse
lethal dose (50 percent kill): 1,007 mg/kg N/R VCVPS* -,430,1998
oral
rat
lethal dose (50 percent kill): >2 gm/kg N/R PBPSDY 2,305,1979
oral
woman
lowest published toxic dose: 68 mg/kg/24 day- intermittent Musculoskeletal: Joints

Immunological Including Allergic: Other immediate (humoral): uticaria, allergic rhinitis, serum sickness (multiple organ involvement)

Nutritional and Gross Metabolic: Body temperature increase
PGMJAO 67,313,1991


OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE DATA AND REFERENCES:

ROUTE/
ORGANISM
DOSE
EFFECT

REFERENCE
intraperitoneal
mouse
lowest published toxic dose: 20 mg/kg/4 day- intermittent Tumorigenic: Active as anti-cancer agent TXAPA9 202,268,2005
subcutaneous
rat
lowest published toxic dose: 35 mg/kg/7 day- intermittent Musculoskeletal: Changes in teeth and supporting structures

Musculoskeletal: Other changes

Biochemical: Metabolism (intermediary): Effect on inflammation or mediation of inflammation
BJMRDK 35,613,2002


REVIEWS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE

TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
PBPSDY 2,305,1979
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
MUREAV 488,151,2001
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
EMMUEG 43,143,2004
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
APHRER 37,1675,2003
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
CLTHE* 27,1329,2005
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
CLTHE* 27,1329,2005
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
APHRER 40,1939,2006
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
HPCQA4 38,527,2007
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
HUTOX* -,429,1996


STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD
REFERENCE

N/R N/R N/R


NIOSH DOCUMENTATION AND SURVEILLANCE:

ORGANIZATION STANDARD or SURVEY
REFERENCE

National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974 National Occupational Hazard Survey 1974: Hazard Code: 84744;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 641;
Number of Occupations 1;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 1,281
National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983 National Occupational Exposure Survey 1983: Hazard Code: 84744;
Number of Industries 1;
Total Number of Facilities 450;
Number of Occupations 5;
Total Number of Employees Exposed 22,055;
Total Number of Female Employees Exposed 18,813


STATUS IN FEDERAL AGENCIES:

ORGANIZATION
REFERENCE

EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: Sperm morphology-human


REFERENCES:

CODEN
REFERENCE

APHRER Annals of Pharmacotherpy. (Harvey Whitney Books Co., POB 42696, Cincinnati, OH 45242) V. 26- 1992-
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag, Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
BCPHBM British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. (Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK) V.1- 1974-
BJMRDK Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research. (Associacao Brasileira de Divulgacao Cientifica, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirao Preto, USP, 141000 Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil) V.14- 1981-
CLTHE* Clinical Therapeutics : The International Peer-Reviewed Journal of Drug Therapy (Elsevier, USA) V.17- 1995-
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987-
GICTAL Giornale Italiano di Chemioterapia. Italian Journal of Chemotherapy. (Edizioni Minerva Medica, Casella Postale 491, I-10126 Turin, Italy) V.1- 1954-
HPCQA4 Human Pathology. (W.B. Saunders Co., W. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, PA 19105) V.1- 1970-
HUTOX*
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964-
PBPSDY Pharmacological and Biochemical Properties of Drug Substances. (American Pharmaceutical Assoc., 2215 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037) V.1- 1977-
PGMJAO Postgraduate Medical Journal. (Blackwell Scientific Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK) V.1- 1925-
THERAP Therapie. (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris, France) V.1- 1946-
TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959-
VCVPS* "Vrednie chemichescie veshestva. Prirodnie organicheskie soedinenia" (Hazardous substances. Nature products.) Volkova N.V. et al., Sankt-Peterburg, 1998.

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