*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WW8035500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tartaric acid, bismuth sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 31586-77-3
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H6-O6.xBi.xNa
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 1773.89
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bismuth sodium tartrate
   * Butanedioic acid, 2,3-dihydroxy-, (R-(R*,R*))-, bismuth sodium salt
   * Natrol
   * Sodium bismuth tartrate
   * Sodium bismuthyl tartrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 12 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction)
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - other changes in urine composition
REFERENCE :
   LANCAO Lancet.  (7 Adam St., London WC2N 6AD, UK)  V.1-    1823-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,1039,1936
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - irritability
REFERENCE :
   JCHOAM Journal of Chemotherapy.  (Philadelphia, PA)  V.4-11(1), 1927-34.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,77,1934
 
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