*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BP2068000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, (4-carboxy-3-butenyl)trimethyl-, bromide,
                          ethyl ester
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H18-N-O2.Br
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 252.19
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (4-Carboxy-3-butenyl)trimethylammonium bromide ethyl ester
   * gamma-Crotonobetaine ethyl ester hydrobromide
 
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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           : 18400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   49,458,1953
 
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