*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : YO4025000
CHEMICAL NAME : Tubocurarine, (+)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 57-95-4
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 548-18-5
1370-17-8
LAST UPDATED : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C37-H41-N2-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 609.80
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : TA E6 J6 J-6 T6-18-6 B6 A E- E-- T- 2BJ- I& IO QK B&O
I&K&&T&T&TJ &Q &Q -D&L
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Tubocurarin
* Tubocurarine
* (+)-Tubocurarine
* d-Tubocurarine
* Tubocuraranium, 7',12'-dihydroxy-6,6'-dimethoxy-2,2',2'-trimethyl-
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 220 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - ataxia
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
Cardiac - other changes
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 92,454,1948
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
JPPMAB Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. (Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great
Britain, 1 Lambeth High St., London SEI 7JN, UK) V.1- 1949-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,638,1958
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 410 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
(usually neuromuscular blockage)
Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
levels - true cholinesterase
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: 153,308,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 525 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
(Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1903/04-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,603,1954
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 130 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
(usually neuromuscular blockage)
REFERENCE :
ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research. (Editio Cantor Verlag,
Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1- 1951-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,130,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 450 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Autonomic Nervous System - smooth muscle relaxant (mechanism undefined,
spasmolytic)
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: 2,117,1968
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 80,172,1949
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION : 250 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JPPMAB Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. (Pharmaceutical Soc. of Great
Britain, 1 Lambeth High St., London SEI 7JN, UK) V.1- 1949-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,638,1958
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
85IXA4 "Structure et Activite Pharmacodyanmique des Medicaments du Systeme
Nerveux Vegetatif," Bovet, D., and F. Bovet-Nitti, New York, S. Karger, 1948
Volume(issue)/page/year: -,631,1948
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 20 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
RISSAF Rendiconti Istituto Superiore di Sanita (Italian Edition). (Rome,
Italy) V.4-27, 1941-64. Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,339,1950
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION : 700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 122,152,1959
*** REVIEWS ***
TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
MIANAP Minerva Anestesiologica. (Edizioni Minerva Medica, Casella Postale
491, I-10126 Turin, Italy) V.19- 1953- Volume(issue)/page/year:
46,387,1980
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