*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : DS5900000 CHEMICAL NAME : Betaine CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 107-43-7 OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 11042-12-9 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3537113 REFERENCE : 4-04-00-02369 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 3 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H11-N-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 117.17 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1K1&1&1 &Q COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Abromine * (Carboxymethyl)trimethylammonium hydroxide, inner salt * alpha-Earleine * Glycine betaine * Glycocoll betaine * Glycylbetaine * Glykokollbetain * Jortaine * Loramine AMB 13 * Lycine * Oxyneurine * Rubrine C * Trimethylglycine * Trimethylglycocoll *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 10800 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Behavioral - fluid intake Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis REFERENCE : ABMGAJ Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica. (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-41, 1958-82. For publisher information, see BBIADT. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,28,1959 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 830 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : MPHEAE Medicina et Pharmacologia Experimentalis. (Basel, Switzerland) V.12-17, 1965-67. For publisher information, see PHMGBN. Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,529,1967 *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***