SHEET /m/methyl-anthranilate · PubChem CID 8635 · CAS 134-20-3 · REV 2026.07
Methyl anthranilate
from sourceC8H9NO2 · 151.16 g/mol
Methyl o-aminobenzoate · o-Carbomethoxyaniline
What is Methyl anthranilate?
The smell of Concord grape, and the reason artificial grape flavour tastes nothing like a fresh table grape. It is also a bird repellent. from source
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
COC(=O)C1=CC=CC=C1NThe dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Methyl anthranilate is 2,910 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
2,910 mg/kg · very low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
3 more reported values
- 2,780 mg/kgLD50 · oral · guinea pig
- 3,900 mg/kgLD50 · oral · mouse
- 5,000 mg/kgLD50 · dermal · rabbit
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