Brosuximide

DATA ITEMS CITED :

4

MOLECULAR FORMULA :

C10-H8-Br-N-O2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT :

254.10

WISWESSER LINE NOTATION :

T5VMVTJ DR CE

HEALTH HAZARD DATA

ACUTE TOXICITY DATA

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

1750 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - ataxia

REFERENCE :

APPHAX Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica. For English translation, see APPFAR. (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-680 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.1- 1937- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,657,1983

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - rat

DOSE/DURATION :

370 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

DPHFAK Dissertationes Pharmaceuticae et Pharmacologicae. (Warsaw, Poland) V.18-24, 1966-72. For publisher information, see PJPPAA. Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,593,1971

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Oral

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

920 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)

REFERENCE :

APPHAX Acta Poloniae Pharmaceutica. For English translation, see APPFAR. (Ars Polona, POB 1001, 00-680 Warsaw 1, Poland) V.1- 1937- Volume(issue)/page/year: 39,475,1982

TYPE OF TEST :

LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill

ROUTE OF EXPOSURE :

Intraperitoneal

SPECIES OBSERVED :

Rodent - mouse

DOSE/DURATION :

310 mg/kg

TOXIC EFFECTS :

Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value

REFERENCE :

EJMCA5 European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry--Chimie Therapeutique. (Editions Scientifiques Elsevier, 29 rue Buffon, F-75005, Paris, France) V.9- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,465,1978