*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3969200
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Agkistrodon blomhoffi
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Agkistrodon blomhoffi venom
 
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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           : 18290 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   AJTMAQ American Journal of Tropical Medicine.  (Baltimore, MD)  V.1-31,
   1921-51.  For publisher information, see AJTHAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,489,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   44VRAY "Natural Toxins, Proceedings of the International Symposium on
   Animal, Plant Microbial Toxins, 6th, 1979," Eaker, D., and T. Waldstroem,
   eds., Oxford, UK, Pergamon Press Ltd., 1980.  Also published as TOXIA6
   (Suppl 2), 1980.  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,85,1980
 
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