*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AC4620000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Acetamide, N-(beta-mercaptoethyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1190-73-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1743117
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-01607 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H9-N-O-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 119.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : SH2MV1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acetamide, N-(2-mercaptoethyl)-
   * 2-Acetamidoethanethiol
   * N-Acetyl cysteamin
   * Acetylcysteamine
   * N-Acetyl cysteamine
   * N-Acetylmercaptoethylamine
   * Cysteamine,N-acetyl
   * Ethanethiol, 2-(acetylamino)-
   * N-(2-Mercaptoethyl)acetamide
 
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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           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   RAREAE Radiation Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth,
   MN 55802)  V.1-    1954-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,13,1957
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 369 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 225,428,1955
 
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