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RTECS NUMBER            : YV4280000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Valeramide,
                          2-amino-5-guanidino-N-(2-(5-methoxy-3-indolyl)ethyl)-
                          , L-, tartrate (1:1)
LAST UPDATED            : 198709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C17-H26-N6-O2.C4-H6-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 496.59
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * L-2-Amino-5-guanidino-N-(2-(5-methoxy-3-indolyl)ethyl)valeramide tartrate 
    (1:1)
   * L-Arginyl-5-methoxytryptamine tartrate
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 88 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle weakness
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,142,1966
 
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