*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UV1048000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 9H-Pyrido(3,4-b)indol-7-ol, 1-methyl-, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 40580-83-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199012
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H10-N2-O.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 234.70
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T B656 EN HMJ F1 KQ &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Harmol hydrochloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,33,1931
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,33,1931
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - food intake (animal)
   Cardiac - pulse rate increase, without fall in BP
   Cardiac - pulse rate
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,33,1931
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 280 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,33,1931
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Cardiac - cardiomyopathy including infarction
REFERENCE :
   QJPPAL Quarterly Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology.  (London, UK)  V.2-21,
   1929-48.  For publisher information, see JPPMAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,33,1931
 
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