*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : CJ9400000 CHEMICAL NAME : beta-Atractylin, potassium salt LAST UPDATED : 199109 DATA ITEMS CITED : 1 SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * beta-Attrattilato di potassium * Potassium salt of beta-atractylic acid *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intramuscular SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 201 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex) Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold REFERENCE : BSIBAC Bolletino della Societe Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. (Casa Editrice Idelson, Via A. de Gasperi, 55, 80133 Naples, Italy) V.2- 1927- Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,253,1968 *** END OF RECORD ***