*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ES9990000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl ester, (E)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 106-29-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H24-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 224.38
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * AG 76
   * Butanoic acid, 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienyl ester, (E)-
   * Butyric acid geranyl ester
   * trans-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl butyrate
   * Geraniol butyrate
   * Geranyl butanoate
   * Geranyl butyrate
   * Geranyl n-butyrate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 10660 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - coma
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,889,1974
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 15250 mg/kg/61D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - liver function tests impaired
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   TOVEFN Toksikologicheskii Vestnik.  (18-20 Vadkovskii per.  Moscow, 101479,
   Russia) History Unknown  Volume(issue)/page/year: (3),14,1996

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M4598
       No. of Facilities: 32 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 2
       No. of Occupations: 24
       No. of Employees: 5523 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M4598
       No. of Facilities: 1857 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 9
       No. of Occupations: 42
       No. of Employees: 28986 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 16195 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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