*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VH6570000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Retinoic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 339-16-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2059353
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-02387 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199703
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C21-H30-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 314.51
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methyl retinoate
   * beta-Retinoic acid methyl ester
   * Retinoic acid, methyl ester, all-trans-
   * Ro 4-3781
   * Vitamin A acid methyl ester
   * Vitamin A-Saeuremethylester
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GWXXBX German Offenlegungsschrift Patent Document.  (U.S. Patent and
   Trademark Office, Foreign Patents, Washington, DC 20231)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: #2128462
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 18,213,1984
 
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