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RTECS NUMBER            : MB2700000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Glycerol trihexanoate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 621-70-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1806732
REFERENCE               : 4-02-00-00926 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C21-H38-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 386.59
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 5VO1YOV5&1OV5
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Caproic triglyceride
   * Glycerol tricaproate
   * Glyceryl tricaproate
   * Hexanoic acid, 1,2,3-propanetriyl ester
   * Hexanoin, tri-
   * Tricaproin
   * Tricapronin
   * Tricaproylglycerol
   * Trihexanoin
   * Trihexanoylglycerol
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 122 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   APSCAX Acta Physiologica Scandinavica.  (Karolinska Institutet, S-10401
   Stockholm, Sweden) V.1-    1940-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,338,1957

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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