*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FZ9700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Choline acetate (ester)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 51-84-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1764436
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-01446 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H16-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 146.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1VO2K1&1&1 &Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetylcholine
   * Acetyl choline ion
   * Acetyl choline cation
   * 2-(Acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium
   * ACh
   * Choline acetate
   * Ethanaminium, 2-(acetyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethyl-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
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: 80,171,1944
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   27ZIAQ "Drug Dosages in Laboratory Animals - A Handbook," Rev. ed., Barnes,
   C.D., and L.G. Eltherington, Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1973
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,29,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 170 mg/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: 192,88,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 11 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ATXKA8 Archiv fuer Toxikologie.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.15-31, 1954-74.
    For publisher information, see ARTODN.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,39,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   27ZIAQ "Drug Dosages in Laboratory Animals - A Handbook," Rev. ed., Barnes,
   C.D., and L.G. Eltherington, Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, 1973
   Volume(issue)/page/year: -,39,1973
 
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