*** 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
 
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                        ** 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
 
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