*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YM3540000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1-alpha-H,5-alpha-H-Tropanium,
                          2-beta-carboxy-3-beta-hydroxy-8-methyl-, iodide,
                          methyl ester, benzoate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5937-29-1
LAST UPDATED            : 198806
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H24-N-O4.I
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 445.33
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cocaine methiodide
   * (-)-Cocaine methiodide
 
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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           : 68 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 189,198,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7100 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 189,198,1971
 
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