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RTECS NUMBER            : GY2770000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cyclopentanecarboxylic acid,
                          2-(1-formylethyl)-5-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 524-06-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198303
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H16-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 184.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L5TJ AY1&VH BVQ C1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cyclopentanecarboxylic acid, 2-methyl-5-(1-methyl-2-oxoethyl)-
   * 2-(1-Formylethyl)-5-methylcyclopentanecarboxylic acid
   * Nepetalic acid
 
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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           : 1050 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   LLOYA2 Lloydia.  (Cincinnati, OH)  V.1-41, 1938-78.  For publisher
   information, see JNPRDF.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 41,367,1978
 
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