*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : TO6895500 CHEMICAL NAME : Piscidia erythrina L., root bark extract SUBSTANCE DEFINITION : Extracted by lixiviation with alcohol of the root bark of Piscidia erythrina L. REFERENCE : APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1943- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,251,1965 LAST UPDATED : 199506 DATA ITEMS CITED : 2 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug Natural Product *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 3750 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - sleep Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea REFERENCE : APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1943- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,251,1965 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 1500 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - sleep Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea REFERENCE : APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.1- 1943- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,251,1965 *** END OF RECORD ***