*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QS9604000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nicotine, 1-oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2820-55-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 4673416
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H14-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.26
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * (S)-3-(1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)pyridine 1-oxide
   * Nicotine N-oxide
   * Nicotine 1-N-oxide
   * Nikotin-N-oxyd
   * Pyridine, 3-(1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)-, 1-oxide, (S)-
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 295 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   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: 24,534,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 295 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   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: 24,534,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 24100 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   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: 24,534,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,1011,1961
 
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