RTECS NUMBER : LW4025000
CHEMICAL NAME : Gadolinium chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 10138-52-0
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA : Cl3-Gd
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 263.60
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : GD G3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Gadolinium trichloride
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg
REACTION SEVERITY : Moderate
REFERENCE :
BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. (London, UK)
V.1-33, 1946-68. For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,526,1961
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/1H
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. (London, UK)
V.1-33, 1946-68. For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,526,1961
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : >2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy. (London, UK)
V.1-33, 1946-68. For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,526,1961
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 378 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
Behavioral - food intake (animal)
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
AEHLAU Archives of Environmental Health. (Heldref Pub., 4000 Albemarle St.,
NW, Washington, DC 20016) V.1- 1960- Volume(issue)/page/year:
5,437,1962