*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : BS0540000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ammonium, pentamethylenebis(trimethyl-, dibromide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 541-20-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C11-H28-N2.2Br
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 348.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 1K1&1&5K1&1&1 &E 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * C 5
   * Lytensium
   * Pentamethonium bromide
   * Pentamethonium dibromide
   * 1,5-Pentanediaminium, N,N,N,N',N',N'-hexamethyl-, dibromide
   * Penthonium
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 78 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PHMGBN Pharmacology: International Journal of Experimental and Clinical
   Pharmacology.  (S. Karger AG, Postfach CH-4009 Basel, Switzerland)  V.1-
   1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,256,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 62 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,534,1952
 
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