*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DH2200000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzoic acid, p-hydroxy-, ethyl ester, sodium deriv.
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 35285-68-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199107
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H9-O3.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 188.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OR DVO2 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate, sodium salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 45,260,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 520 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 45,260,1956
 
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