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RTECS NUMBER            : BZ4395000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Anisic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 100-09-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0508910
REFERENCE               : 4-10-00-00346 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H8-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 152.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVR DO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4-Anisic acid
   * Benzoic acid, 4-methoxy-
   * Draconic acid
   * Kyselina 4-methoxybenzoova
   * p-Methoxybenzoic acid
   * 4-Methoxybenzoic acid
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CKFRAY Ceskoslovenska Farmacie.  (PNS-Ustredni Expedice a Dovoz Tisku,
   Kafkova 19, 160 00 Prague 6, Czechoslovakia)  V.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 31,236,1982

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 81709
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 392 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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