*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : ES7062000
CHEMICAL NAME : Butyric acid, 4-amino-, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 3251-07-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0635882
REFERENCE : 3-04-00-01316 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H11-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 117.17
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : Z3V01
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* 4-Aminobutyric acid methyl ester
* Butanoic acid, 4-amino-, methyl ester
* GABA methyl ester
* Methyl 4-aminobutanoate
* Methyl gamma-aminobutyrate
* Methyl 4-aminobutyrate
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION : 950 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
AITEAT Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. (Ars Polona, POB
1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.10- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,70,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Behavioral - antipsychotic
REFERENCE :
AITEAT Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. (Ars Polona, POB
1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.10- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,70,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 300 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
Behavioral - muscle weakness
Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
AITEAT Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. (Ars Polona, POB
1001, 00-068 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.10- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,70,1965
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