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RTECS NUMBER            : UQ0860000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2H-Pyran-2-one,
                          6-(6-(hexahydro-3,4-dihydroxy-3a,4-dimethyl-5-ethylfu
                          ro(2,3-b)furan-2-yl)-
                          1,3,5-hexatrienyl)-4-methoxy-5-methyl-,
                          (2R-(2-alpha(1E,3E,5E),3-alpha,3a-beta,4-beta,5-
                          beta,6a-beta))-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 79663-49-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199707
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C23-H30-O7
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 418.53
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Asteltoxin
   * EV-Toxin
 
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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           : 5900 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - spastic paralysis with or without sensory
   change
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   MAIKD3 Maikotokishin (Tokyo).  Mycotoxin.  (Maikotokishin Kenkyukai, c/o
   Tokyo Rika Daigaku Yakugakubu, 12 Funagawara-machi, Ichigaya, Shinjuku-ku,
   Tokyo 162, Japan)  No.1-    1975-  Volume(issue)/page/year: (17),47,1983
 
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