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RTECS NUMBER            : EK7176000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 1,2,4-Butanetriol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3068-00-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1733456
REFERENCE               : 2-01-00-00596 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H10-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 106.14
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,3,4-Butanetriol
   * 1,2,4-Butantriol
   * 2-Deoxyerythritol
   * 1,2,4-Trihydroxybutane
   * Triol 124
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 23 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 93,152,1953

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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