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RTECS NUMBER            : XU8227500
CHEMICAL NAME           : o-Toluidine, 5-nitro-, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 51085-52-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H8-N2-O2.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 188.63
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenamine, 2-methyl-5-nitro-, monohydrochloride
   * 5-Nitro-o-toluidine hydrochloride
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - other changes
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   50,1,1954

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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