*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3968700
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Agkistrodon acutus
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Agkistrodon acutus venom
   * Hundred pace snake venom
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIHHAH Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui Tsa Chih.  Journal of the Formosan Medical
   Association.  (Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui, 1, Sect. 1 Jen-ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
   V.45-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,239,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 9200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIHHAH Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui Tsa Chih.  Journal of the Formosan Medical
   Association.  (Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui, 1, Sect. 1 Jen-ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
   V.45-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,239,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 380 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   20,1549,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKKZAJ Yakugaku Zasshi.  Journal of Pharmacy.  (Nippon Yakugakkai, 2-12-15
   Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan)  No.1-    1881-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 98,1523,1978
 
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