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RTECS NUMBER            : XW5812500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Toxin, clostridium botulinum
LAST UPDATED            : 198801
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Botulinustoxin
   * Clostridium botulinum toxin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 pg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   56,615,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ng/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   29QKAZ "Toxins of Animal and Plant Origin, Proceedings International
   Symposium, 2nd, 1970," de Vries, A., and E. Kochva, eds., 3 vols., New York,
   Gordon and Breach Science Pub., 1971-73  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,631,1972
 
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