*** 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
 
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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           : 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
 
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