*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AB4424000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetamide,
                          N,N'-5-alpha-androstan-3-alpha,17-beta-ylenebis-,
                          hydrochloride
LAST UPDATED            : 199509
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C23-H38-N2-O2.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 411.09
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * N,N'-5-alpha-Androstan-3-alpha,17-beta-ylenebisacetamide hydrochloride
   * Chlorhydrate de diacetylamino-3-alpha,17-beta androstane-5-alpha
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,749,1967
 
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