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RTECS NUMBER            : DU2550000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Biguanide, 1-phenyl-, monohydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 55-57-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H11-N5.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 213.70
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : MUYZMYUM&MR &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Imidodicarbonimidic diamide, N-phenyl-, monohydrochloride
   * Phenylbiguanide hydrochloride
   * Phenylbiguanide monohydrochloride
   * N'-Phenylbiguanide monohydrochloride
   * 1-Phenylbiguanide monohydrochloride
   * N-Phenyl-imidodicarbonimidic diamide monohydrochloride
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CKFRAY Ceskoslovenska Farmacie.  (PNS-Ustredni Expedice a Dovoz Tisku,
   Kafkova 19, 160 00 Prague 6, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,434,1952
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 243 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PLRCAT Pharmacological Research Communications.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,117,1974

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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