*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : EV6550000 CHEMICAL NAME : Caffeine, hydrochloride CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 5892-18-2 LAST UPDATED : 199712 DATA ITEMS CITED : 1 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C8-H10-N4-O2.Cl-H MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 230.68 WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BN DN FNVNVJ B1 F1 H1 &GH SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Caffeine monohydrochloride * 1H-Purine-2,6-dione, 3,7-dihydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-, monohydrochloride *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 260 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Behavioral - excitement REFERENCE : AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und Pharmakologie. (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66. For publisher information, see NSAPCC. Volume(issue)/page/year: 197,193,1941 *** END OF RECORD ***