RTECS NUMBER-US5625000-Chemical Toxicity Database

                     *** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : US5625000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, 5-butyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 536-69-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0125804
REFERENCE               : 5-22-02-00384 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 15
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H13-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 179.24
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NJ BVQ E4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 5-Butylpicolinic acid
   * 5-Butyl-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid
   * Fusaric acid
   * Fusarinic acid
   * Picolinic acid, 5-butyl-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 480 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 210 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JOPHDQ Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics.  (Japan Pub. Trading Co. (USA), 1255
   Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103)  V.1-    1978- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,922,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 75 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JOPHDQ Journal of Pharmacobio-Dynamics.  (Japan Pub. Trading Co. (USA), 1255
   Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103)  V.1-    1978- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   6,922,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
REFERENCE :
   JANTAJ Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc., 2-20-8
   Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141, Japan)  V.2-5, 1948-52;  V.21- 1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 22,228,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - nausea or vomiting
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 310 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JJANAX Japanese Journal of Antibiotics.  (Japan Antibiotics Research Assoc.,
   2-20-8 Kamiosaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141, Japan)  V.21-    1968-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,439,1976
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 1013 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 7-15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - post-implantation mortality (e.g. dead and/or
   resorbed implants per total number of implants)
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - live birth index (measured after birth)
   Reproductive - Effects on Newborn - growth statistics (e.g.%, reduced weight
   gain)
REFERENCE :
   BECTA6 Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
   (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
   07094)  V.1-    1966-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,354,1996

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: B subtilis rec assay
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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