*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DH1924980
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzoic acid, m-hydroxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 99-06-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0508160
REFERENCE               : 4-27-00-07537 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H6-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 138.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVR CQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acido m-idrossibenzoico
   * Benzoic acid, 3-hydroxy-
   * 3-Carboxyphenol
   * m-Hba
   * m-Hydroxybenzoic acid
   * 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid
   * Kyselina 3-hydroxybenzoova
   * m-Salicylic acid
 
                       *** 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           : 3700 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BCFAAI Bollettino Chimico Farmaceutico.  (Societa Editoriale Farmaceutica,
   Via Ausonio 12, 20123 Milan, Italy)  V.33-    1894- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   112,53,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,483,1946
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 400 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 11 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   RCOCB8 Research Communications in Chemical Pathology and Pharmacology. (PJD
   Pub. Ltd., P.O. Box 966, Westbury, NY 11590)  V.1-    1970-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,209,1982

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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