*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TP3350000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pleurotus ostreatus (jacq. Fr.) Kummer, aqueous
                          extract
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Edible mushroom collected in Baghdad and cut from trunk of tree, Populus
   alba Linn, Salicaceae
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Mushroom, pleurotus ostreatus
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 319 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,297,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1143 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Gastrointestinal - changes in structure or function of salivary glands
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   21,297,1987
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   FCTOD7 Food and Chemical Toxicology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.20-    1982- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,607,1990
 
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