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RTECS NUMBER            : EV6572000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Caffeine, 8-mercapto-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1790-74-5
LAST UPDATED            : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H10-N4-O2-S
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 226.28
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 8-Mercaptocaffeine
   * 1H-Purine-2,6-dione, 3,7,8,9-tetrahydro-1,3,7-trimethyl-8-thioxo-
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1272 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   FATOAO Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Moscow).  For English translation, see
   PHTXA6 and RPTOAN. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR) V.2-   
   1939-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,118,1960
 
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