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RTECS NUMBER            : UO5210000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pueraria root extract, trichloromethane-benzene layer
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Prepared from root of Pueraria lobata ohwi and Pueraria pseudo-hirsuta Tang
   et Wang (Leguminosae)
REFERENCE :
   CPBTAL Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin.  (Japan Pub. Trading Co., USA,
   1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103)  V.6-    1958-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Extract of pueraria root
   * Kakkon-To
   * Koken tao
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2512 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified
REFERENCE :
   NTIZAJ Nippon Toyo Igakkai Shi.  Journal of the Japan Society for Oriental
   Medicine.  (Japan Soc. for Oriental Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,311,1973/1974
 
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