RTECS NUMBER : MA1430000
CHEMICAL NAME : Glutamic acid, monopotassium salt, L-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 19473-49-5
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H8-N-O4.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 185.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV2YZVO &-KA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
Mutagen
Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* L-Glutamic acid, monopotassium salt
* Monopotassium glutamate
* Monopotassium L-glutamate
* Potassium glutamate
* Potassium glutaminate
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Human
DOSE/DURATION : 57 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - headache
REFERENCE :
SCIEAS Science. (American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science, 1333 H
St., NW, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1895- Volume(issue)/page/year:
163,826,1969
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 4500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in phosphorus
Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - other changes
REFERENCE :
FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow). For English translation, see
PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-
1939- Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,274,1979
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 2400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FRZKAP Farmatsevtichnii Zhurnal (Kiev). (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
Moscow, USSR) V.3- 1930- Volume(issue)/page/year: (5),70,1987
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION : 4500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
RPTOAN Russian Pharmacology and Toxicology (English Translation).
Translation of FATOAO. (Euromed Pub., 33, Woodlands Rd., Surbiton, Surrey,
UK) V.30- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,115,1979
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X4310
No. of Facilities: 35 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 1
No. of Occupations: 3
No. of Employees: 2117 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 1412 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***
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