*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DR9848000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 13a-alpha-Berbinium,
                          2,9-dihydroxy-3,10-dimethoxy-7-methyl-, chloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 17472-50-3
LAST UPDATED            : 198803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H24-N-O4.Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 377.90
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cissamine chloride
   * (-)-Cissamine chloride
   * Cyclanoline chloride
   * (-)-Cyclanoline chloride
   * alpha-Cyclanoline chloride
   * l-alpha-N-Methylscoulerine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 79 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,1093,1958
 
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