*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YE5400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Triethylene glycol, dimethanesulfonate
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H18-O8-S2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 306.38
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Tumorigenic - active as anti-cancer agent
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,211,1954
 
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