*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3971500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Ancistrodon piscivorus
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ancistrodon piscivorus venom
   * Cottonmouth moccasin 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           : 6200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANREAK Anatomical Record.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY
   10003)  V.1-    1906/08-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 139,305,1961
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3350 ug/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: 1,131,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 40 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ANREAK Anatomical Record.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E. 11th St., New York, NY
   10003)  V.1-    1906/08-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 139,305,1961
 
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