*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QS9604100
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nicotine, 1'-oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 491-26-9
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 22588-95-0
LAST UPDATED            : 198910
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H14-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.26
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Nicotine-N'-oxide
   * Nicotine 1'-N-oxide
   * Oxynicotine
   * N-Oxynicotine
   * Pyridine, 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)-, N-oxide, (2s)-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 195 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,534,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,534,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,534,1961
 
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