*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : XW5811000 CHEMICAL NAME : Toxin, catfish, Arius bilineatus, skin LAST UPDATED : 199007 DATA ITEMS CITED : 1 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Arabian gulf catfish skin toxin * Arius bilineatus skin toxin *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 1500 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold Cardiac - change in rate Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea REFERENCE : TOXIA6 Toxicon. (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, UK) V.1- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,532,1985 *** END OF RECORD ***