*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BP3930000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, (3-carboxypropyl)trimethyl-, hydroxide,
                          inner salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 407-64-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199112
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H14-N-O.H-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 145.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV3K1&1&1 &Q
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Actinine
   * Butyrobetaine
   * gamma-Butyrobetain
   * 4-Butyrobetaine
   * gamma-Butyrobetaine
   * Deoxycarnitine
   * 1-Propanaminium, 3-carboxy-N,N,N-trimethyl-, hydroxide, inner salt
   * 4-(N-Trimethylamino)butyrate
   * N-Trimethyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 475 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 145,233,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - fluid intake
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   ABMGAJ Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica.  (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-41,
   1958-82.  For publisher information, see BBIADT. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,28,1959
 
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