*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QT0805000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nicotinic acid, compd. with 2-aminoethanethiol
LAST UPDATED            : 198809
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H5-N-O2.C2-H7-N-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 200.28
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ethanethiol, 2-amino-, compd. with nicotinic acid (1:1)
   * Mercamine nicotinate
   * beta-Mercaptoaethylamin nicotinat
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 368 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
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: 23,450,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 413 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHARAT Pharmazie.  (VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Neue Gruenstr. 18,
   Berlin DDR-1020, Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   14,132,1959
 
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