*** 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 *** END OF RECORD ***