*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TK6021000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pipecolic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 535-75-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H11-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 129.18
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acide pipecolique
   * Acide piperidine-carboxylique-2
   * Dihydrobaikiane
   * Hexahydropicolinic acid
   * Homoproline
   * Pipecolate
   * Pipecolinic acid
   * alpha-Pipecolinic acid
   * 2-Piperidinecarboxylic acid
   * Piperolinic acid
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 610 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CEXPB9 Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology.  (Blackwell
   Scientific Publications, (Australia) Pty Ltd., 107 Barry St., Carlton, Vic.
   3053, Australia)  V.1-  1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,997,1994
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   THERAP Therapie.  (Doin, Editeurs, 8, Place de l'Odeon, F-75006 Paris,
   France)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,1343,1968

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Host-mediated assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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