*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BQ8575000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, hexamethylenebis(trimethyl-, dibromide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 55-97-0
LAST UPDATED            : 198912
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H30-N2.2Br
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 362.26
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1K1&1&6K1&1&1 &E 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * alpha, omega-Bis(trimethyl ammonium)hexane dibromide
   * C 6
   * Esametina
   * Gangliostat
   * HB
   * Hexamethionium bromide
   * Hexamethonium bromide
   * Hexamethonium dibromide
   * Hexamethylenebis(trimethylammonium) bromide
   * Hexameton
   * 1,6-Hexanediaminium, N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethyl-, dibromide
   * Hexonium dibromide
   * Simpatoblock
   * Vegolysen
   * Vegolysin
 
                       *** 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           : 2891 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKNEA7 Shionogi Kenkyusho Nenpo.  Annual Report of Shionogi Research
   Laboratory.  (Shionogi Seiyaku K.K. Kenkyusho, 5-12-4 Sagisu, Fukushima-ku,
   Osaka 553, Japan)  No.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,15,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 78,708,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 64130 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKNEA7 Shionogi Kenkyusho Nenpo.  Annual Report of Shionogi Research
   Laboratory.  (Shionogi Seiyaku K.K. Kenkyusho, 5-12-4 Sagisu, Fukushima-ku,
   Osaka 553, Japan)  No.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,15,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 838 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NIIRDN Drugs in Japan (Ethical Drugs).  (Yakugyo Jiho Co., Ltd., Tokyo,
   Japan)  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,356,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKKZAJ Yakugaku Zasshi.  Journal of Pharmacy.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  No.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 91,1307,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 78 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKKZAJ Yakugaku Zasshi.  Journal of Pharmacy.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  No.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 91,1307,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 22 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   2,233,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 50300 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SKNEA7 Shionogi Kenkyusho Nenpo.  Annual Report of Shionogi Research
   Laboratory.  (Shionogi Seiyaku K.K. Kenkyusho, 5-12-4 Sagisu, Fukushima-ku,
   Osaka 553, Japan)  No.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,15,1960
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - woman
DOSE                    : 46 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 31-34 week(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Specific Developmental Abnormalities - gastrointestinal
   system
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - other neonatal measures or effects
REFERENCE :
   ADCHAK Archives of Disease in Childhood.  (British Medical Journal, POB
   560B, Kennebunkport, ME 04046)  V.1-    1926-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   29,354,1954
 
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