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RTECS NUMBER            : GA0830000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Choline, chloride, benzoate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2964-09-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199503
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H18-N-O2.Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 243.76
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ammonium, (2-hydroxyethyl)trimethyl-, chloride, benzoate
   * Benzoylcholine chloride
   * 2-(Benzyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium chloride
   * Ethanaminium, 2-(benzyloxy)-N,N,N-trimethyl-, chloride
   * (2-Hydroxyethyl)trimethylammonium chloride benzoate
 
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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           : 49 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
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: 20(4),32,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 1,303,1909
 
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