*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QS7510000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nicotine, 1,1'-dioxide, dihydrochloride, dihydrate
LAST UPDATED            : 198712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H14-N2-O2.2Cl-H.2H2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 302.21
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 310 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - ataxia
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           : 1610 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - ataxia
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           : 1550 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - ataxia
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
 
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