PRODUCT Properties
| storage temp. | Room Temperature |
| solubility | Water (Slightly) |
| form | solution |
| color | Very Dark Red to Black |
| Water Solubility | Iron, ~100?mg/mL in water |
| IARC | 2B (Vol. 2, Sup 7) 1987 |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Iron dextran (9004-66-4) |
Description and Uses
Iron dextran is a dark brown, slightly viscous liquid complex of ferric hydroxide and dextran for intravenous or intramuscular use. Iron Dextran is used for the treatment of patients with documented iron deficiency in which oral administration is unsatisfactory or impossible. It is supplied as a parenteral preparation and is used as a hematinic. (Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 8th ed, p1292)
Iron-Dextran is for the parenteral treatment of iron-deficiency anemia in humans and baby pigs. Can be used as a reagent.
Hematinic.
Safety
| Symbol(GHS) |   GHS07,GHS08 |
| Signal word | Danger |
| Hazard statements | H317-H350 |
| Precautionary statements | P202-P261-P272-P280-P302+P352-P308+P313 |
| Hazard Codes | Xn,T |
| Risk Statements | 40-42/43-43-45 |
| Safety Statements | 23-26-36/37/39-45-36-36/37-53 |
| WGK Germany | - |
| RTECS | NI2200000 |
| Hazardous Substances Data | 9004-66-4(Hazardous Substances Data) |
| Toxicity | LD50 i.v. in mice: 2240 mg Fe/kg (Beliles) |
