*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UV0740000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 9H-Pyrido(3,4-b)indole,
                          1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-methoxy-1-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1210-56-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0747865
REFERENCE               : 5-23-12-00070 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H16-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 216.31
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T B656 EM HMT&&J F1 LO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 6-Methoxy-1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline
   * 1-Methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline
 
                       *** 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           : 350 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
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: 27,165,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 56 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#12476

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M2659
       No. of Facilities: 492 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 16
       No. of Occupations: 29
       No. of Employees: 5952 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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