*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YV7930000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Valeric acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6106-41-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199504
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H9-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 124.13
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Pentanoic acid, sodium salt
   * Sodium pentanoate
   * Sodium n-pentanoate
   * Sodium valerate
   * Sodium n-valerate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,710,1956

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X9619
       No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 184 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 101 (estimated)

 
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