*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DG2455000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzoic acid, 3-amino-, ethyl ester, methanesulfonate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 886-86-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H11-N-O2.C-H4-O3-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 261.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR CVO2 &WSQ1
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 3-Aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester methanesulfonate
   * Ethyl m-aminobenzoate methane sulfonate
   * Ethyl m-aminobenzoate, methanesulfonic acid salt
   * Finquel
   * Metacaine
   * MS-222
   * Tricaine
   * Tricaine methane sulfonate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CSLNX* U.S. Army Armament Research & Development Command, Chemical Systems
   Laboratory, NIOSH Exchange Chemicals.  (Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: NX#03233
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - general anesthetic
REFERENCE :
   PHMCAA Pharmacologist.  (American Soc. for Pharmacology and Experimental
   Therapeutics, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20014)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,252,1974

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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