*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QT2000000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nicotinic acid, potassium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 16518-17-5
LAST UPDATED            : 198809
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H4-N-O2.K
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 161.21
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Potassium nicotinate
   * 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, potassium salt
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOBP Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Kiev).  Pharmacology and Toxicology.
   (Kievskii Nauchno- Issledovatel'skii Institut Farmakologii i Toksikologii,
   Kiev, USSR)  No.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,113,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 2600 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOBP Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Kiev).  Pharmacology and Toxicology.
   (Kievskii Nauchno- Issledovatel'skii Institut Farmakologii i Toksikologii,
   Kiev, USSR)  No.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,113,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FATOBP Farmakologiya i Toksikologiya (Kiev).  Pharmacology and Toxicology.
   (Kievskii Nauchno- Issledovatel'skii Institut Farmakologii i Toksikologii,
   Kiev, USSR)  No.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,113,1974
 
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