*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VS3660000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 17,18-Seco-3-beta-yohimban-16-carboxylic acid,
                          16,17-didehydro-17-methoxy-, methyl ester, (E)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7729-23-9
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C22-H28-N2-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 368.52
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Corynan-16-carboxylic acid, 16,17-didehydro-17-methoxy-, methyl ester,  
   (3-beta,16E)-
   * (E)-16,17-Didehydro-17-methoxy-17,18-seco-3-beta-yohimban-16-carboxylic  
   acid methyl ester
   * Hirsutine
 
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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           : 110 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   94,17,1989
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 35 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   94,17,1989
 
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