*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CH9750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Arsonium, (carboxymethyl)trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner
                          salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 64436-13-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3933180
LAST UPDATED            : 199703
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H11-As-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.08
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Arsenobetaine
   * (Carboxymethyl)trimethylarsonium hydroxide inner salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >10 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   CMSHAF Chemosphere.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park,
   Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,1327,1985
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 11 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 357,123,1996
 
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