*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : UV0365000 CHEMICAL NAME : 9H-Pyrido(3,4-b)indole, 1-(4-pyridyl)- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 16765-76-7 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0528310 REFERENCE : 5-26-02-00579 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199612 DATA ITEMS CITED : 1 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C16-H11-N3 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 245.30 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T B656 EN HMJ F- DT6NJ COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * 1-(4-Pyridyl)-beta-carboline * 1-(4-Pyridyl)-9H-pyrido(3,4-b)indole *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 610 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) REFERENCE : AITEAT Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.10- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,581,1975 *** END OF RECORD ***