*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : DG2455000 CHEMICAL NAME : Benzoic acid, 3-amino-, ethyl ester, methanesulfonate CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 886-86-2 LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 4 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C9-H11-N-O2.C-H4-O3-S MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 261.32 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR CVO2 &WSQ1 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * 3-Aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester methanesulfonate * Ethyl m-aminobenzoate methane sulfonate * Ethyl m-aminobenzoate, methanesulfonic acid salt * Finquel * Metacaine * MS-222 * Tricaine * Tricaine methane sulfonate *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 180 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals. (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010) Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03233 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Amphibian - frog DOSE/DURATION : 250 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - general anesthetic REFERENCE : PHMCAA Pharmacologist. (American Soc. for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20014) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,252,1974 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***