*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DS5900000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Betaine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 107-43-7
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 11042-12-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3537113
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-02369 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H11-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 117.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QV1K1&1&1 &Q
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Abromine
   * (Carboxymethyl)trimethylammonium hydroxide, inner salt
   * alpha-Earleine
   * Glycine betaine
   * Glycocoll betaine
   * Glycylbetaine
   * Glykokollbetain
   * Jortaine
   * Loramine AMB 13
   * Lycine
   * Oxyneurine
   * Rubrine C
   * Trimethylglycine
   * Trimethylglycocoll
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 10800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - fluid intake
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   ABMGAJ Acta Biologica et Medica Germanica.  (Berlin, Ger. Dem. Rep.) V.1-41,
   1958-82.  For publisher information, see BBIADT. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,28,1959
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 830 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MPHEAE Medicina et Pharmacologia Experimentalis.  (Basel, Switzerland)
   V.12-17, 1965-67.  For publisher information, see PHMGBN.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,529,1967

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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