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RTECS NUMBER            : GA4025500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Choline hydroxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 123-41-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H14-N-O.H-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 121.21
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bursine
   * Ethanaminium, 2-hydroxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, hydroxide
   * Fagine
   * Gossypine
   * Luridine
   * Sincaline
   * Sinkalin
   * Sinkaline
   * Vidine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 21400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,1357,1968

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X1710
       No. of Facilities: 31 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 16
       No. of Employees: 11518 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 5852 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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