*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TN0400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Piperidine, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6091-44-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H11-N.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 121.63
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NTJ &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Hexahydropyridine hydrochloride
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 133 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   27ZQAG "Psychotropic Drugs and Related Compounds," 2nd ed., Usdin, E., and
   D.H. Efron, Washington, DC, 1972  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,289,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 330 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology.  (Japanese Pharmacological Soc.,
   c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
   606, Japan)  V.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,475,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 657 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,199,1903
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 112,36,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Autonomic Nervous System - other (direct) parasympathomimetic
   Cardiac - pulse rate
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   AEXPBL Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie.  (Leipzig,
   Ger. Dem. Rep.)  V.1-109, 1873-1925.  For publisher information, see NSAPCC.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,199,1903

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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