*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UT5035040
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3-Pyridinemethanol, tartrate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6164-87-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H7-N-O.C4-H6-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 259.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ C1Q &QVYQYQVQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Danaden
   * 3-(Hydroxymethyl)pyridine tartrate
   * Neu-2121
   * Niacol
   * Nicotinyl alcohol tartrate
   * Nicotinic alcohol tartrate
   * Nicotinyl tartrate
   * 3-Pyridinemethanol, (R-(R*,R*))-2,3-dihydroxybutanedioate (1:1) (salt)
   * 3-Pyridinemethanol tartrate (1:1) salt
   * beta-Pyridyl carbinol tartrate
   * Roniacol tartrate
   * beta-Pyridylcarbinol tartrate
   * Pyridyl-3-carbinol tartrate
   * 3-Pyridylcarbinol bitartrate
   * 3-Pyridylmethanol tartrate
   * Radecol
   * Roniocol tartrate
   * Ronicol
   * Ronicol retard
   * Ronicol tartrate
   * Ronicol timespan
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 5790 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,778,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1680 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,778,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1540 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,778,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,1401,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1410 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,175,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1980 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,778,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,778,1990
 
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