*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QJ1225000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2876-78-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1956293
REFERENCE               : 4-09-00-02425 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H12-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 200.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L66J B1VO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hormonit
   * Kartofin
   * Latka M-1
   * Methylester kyseliny 1-naftyloctove
   * Methyl 1-naphthaleneacetate
   * Methyl 1-naphthaleneacetic acid
   * Methyl alpha-naphthylacetate
   * Methyl 1-naphthylacetate
   * M 1 (Growth regulator)
   * Naphthaleneacetic acid methyl ester
   * alpha-Naphthylacetic acid methyl ester
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   BZARAZ Biologicheskii Zhurnal Armenii.  Biological Journal of Armenia. (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.19-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,429,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
REFERENCE :
   BZARAZ Biologicheskii Zhurnal Armenii.  Biological Journal of Armenia. (V/O
   Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.19-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,429,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 512 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CBCCT* "Summary Tables of Biological Tests," National Research Council
   Chemical-Biological Coordination Center.  (National Academy of Science
   Library, 2101 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20418)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,57,1950
 
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