*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : EK7880000
CHEMICAL NAME : Butanoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, monolithium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 63255-29-8
LAST UPDATED : 199307
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C4-H7-O3.Li
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 110.05
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV3 &-LI-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* 4-Hydroxybutanoic acid monolithium salt
* Lithium hydroxybutyrate
* Lithium gamma-hydroxybutyrate
* Lithium oxybutyrate
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 1106 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation). Translation
of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013) No.1-
1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,123,1988
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 860 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow). For English translation, see
PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-
1939- Volume(issue)/page/year: 53(4),19,1990
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION : 724 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
RPTOAN Russian Pharmacology and Toxicology (English Translation).
Translation of FATOAO. (Euromed Pub., 33, Woodlands Rd., Surbiton, Surrey,
UK) V.30- 1967- Volume(issue)/page/year: 42,9,1979
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