*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DO3500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzyl alcohol,
                          3,4-dihydroxy-alpha-((methylamino)methyl)-, (-)-,
                          tartrate (1:1), (+)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 51-42-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 12
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H13-N-O3.C4-H6-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 333.33
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR BQ DYQ1M1 &QVYQYQVQ -L -D
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Adrenalin bitartrate
   * Adrenaline acid tartrate
   * (-)-Adrenaline acid tartrate
   * Adrenaline bitartrate
   * l-Adrenaline bitartrate
   * (-)-Adrenaline bitartrate
   * l-Adrenaline d-bitartrate
   * Adrenaline hydrogen tartrate
   * (-)-Adrenaline hydrogen tartrate
   * l-Adrenaline hydrogen tartrate
   * Adrenaline tartrate
   * (-)-Adrenaline tartrate
   * l-Adrenaline tartrate
   * L-Adrenaline tartrate
   * (-)-3,4-Dihydroxy-alpha-((methylamino)methyl)benzyl alcohol (+)-tartrate  
   (1:1) salt
   * Epinephrine bitartrate
   * Epinephrine d-bitartrate
   * (-)-Epinephrine bitartrate
   * l-Epinephrine bitartrate
   * L-Epinephrine bitartrate
   * l-Epinephrine d-bitartrate
   * Epinephrine hydrogen tartrate
   * Epinephrine tartrate
   * l-Epinephrine tartrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 8300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,122,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 82 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 137,155,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,49,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - cardiomyopathy including infarction
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,43,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 11100 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APTOA6 Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica.  (Copenhagen, Denmark)  V.1-59,
   1945-86.  For publisher information, see PHTOEH  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   55,73,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1780 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,269,1944
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Cardiac - other changes
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 166,437,1932
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 76 mg/kg/42D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - other changes
   Liver - other changes
   Biochemical - Metabolism (Intermediary) - lipids including transport
REFERENCE :
   TXAPA9 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1959-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   25,315,1973
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 2400 ug/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 2 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - spermatogenesis (incl. genetic material,
   sperm morphology, motility, and count)
REFERENCE :
   JRPFA4 Journal of Reproduction and Fertility.  (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot,
   POB 32, Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,375,1970
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   43,3514,1983

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 82895
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 504 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82895
       No. of Facilities: 34 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 3
       No. of Employees: 1721 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 1639 (estimated)

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***