*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CE0350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 6a-beta-Aporphine, 1,2-dimethoxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 475-83-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C19-H21-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 295.41
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C6666 1A Q KN&TT&J K1 PO1 QO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4H-Dibenzo(de,g)quinoline, 5,6,6a,7-tetrahydro-1,2-dimethoxy-6-methyl-,  
   (R)-
   * l-5,6-Dimethoxyaporphine
   * (R)-1,2-Dimethoxyaporphine
   * (-)-Nucipherine
   * Nuciferin
   * Nuciferine
   * (-)-Nuciferine
   * l-Nuciferine
   * Sanjoinine E
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 280 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - ptosis
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 197,261,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 240 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - ptosis
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 197,261,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 83 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   JPMSAE Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.  (American Pharmaceutical Assoc.,
   2215 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037)  V.50-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,813,1972
 
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