*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YP2833800
CHEMICAL NAME           : L-Tyrosine, 3-hydroxy-, mixt. with
                          (S)-alpha-hydrazino-3,4-dihydroxy-alpha-
                          methylbenzenepropanoic acid (10:1)
LAST UPDATED            : 199103
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H11-N-O4.C10-H14-N2-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 423.47
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZMX1&VQ1R CQ DQ &QVYZ1R DQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Carbidopa-levodopa (1:10)
   * Levodopa-carbidopa (10:1)
 
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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           : 1319 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,907,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >3055 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,907,1982
 
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