*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GN6382500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Coumarin, 6,7-dihydroxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 305-01-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0152788
REFERENCE               : 5-18-03-00202 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C9-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.15
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aesculetin
   * Asculetine
   * 2H-1-Benzopyran-2-one, 6,7-dihydroxy-
   * Cichorigenin
   * Cichoriin aglycon
   * 6,7-Dihydroxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one
   * 6,7-Dihydroxycoumarin
   * Esculetin
   * Esculetol
   * Esculin aglycon
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   64,714,1968
 
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