*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3972600
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Atractaspis dahomeyensis
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Atractaspis dahomeyensis venom
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2240 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,271,1981
 
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