*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZD8925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Xanthine, 7-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 552-62-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H6-N4-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 166.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BN DN FMVMVJ B1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Heteroxanthin
   * 7-Methylxanthine
   * 1H-Purine-2,6-dione, 3,7-dihydro-7-methyl-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 43,305,1900
 
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