*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SC1050000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pentylamine, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 142-65-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H13-N.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 123.65
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Z5 &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * n-Amylamine hydrochloride
   * 1-Pentanamine, hydrochloride
   * 1-Pentylamine hydrochloride
   * Pentylammonium chloride
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 320 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  (Williams &
   Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202)  V.1-    1909/10-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,62,1941
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 237 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology.  (Japanese Pharmacological Soc.,
   c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
   606, Japan)  V.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,475,1967
 
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