*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UQ0518000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2H-Pyran-2-one, 5,6-dihydro-4-methoxy-6-styryl-, (R)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 500-64-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H14-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 230.28
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6OV CUTJ DO1 F1U1R
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (R)-5,6-Dihydro-4-methoxy-6-styryl-2H-pyran-2-one
   * Gonosan
   * 5-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-7-phenyl-2,6-heptadienoic acid gamma-lactone
   * Kavain
   * (+)-Kavain
   * Kawain
   * 4-Methoxy-6-(beta-phenylvinyl)-5,6-dihydro-alpha-pyrone
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - anticonvulsant
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 177,261,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 420 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - anticonvulsant
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 177,261,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 69 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - anticonvulsant
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 177,261,1969
 
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