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RTECS NUMBER            : KB0610000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ephedrine, (+-)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 90-81-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 3197916
REFERENCE               : 4-13-00-01881 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H15-N-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 165.26
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzenemethanol, alpha-(1-(methylamino)ethyl)-, (R*,S*)-(+-)-
   * (+-)-Ephedrine
   * dl-Ephedrine
   * DL-Ephedrine
   * Racephedrine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 170 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 195,647,1940

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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