*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XW5883550
CHEMICAL NAME           : Toxin, snake, bothrops asper
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Isolated from the venom
REFERENCE :
   CBPCEE Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, C: Pharmacology, Toxicology
   and Endocrinology. (Elsevier Science, 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY
   10591)  V.74-    1983-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bothrops asper phospholipase A
   * Bothrops asper phospholipase A2
   * Bothrops asper toxin
   * Phospholipase A, from Bothrops asper
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,613,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 23 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CBPCEE Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, C: Pharmacology, Toxicology
   and Endocrinology. (Elsevier Science, 660 White Plains Rd., Tarrytown, NY
   10591)  V.74-    1983-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 84,159,1986
 
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