*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3973400
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Bitis caudalis
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bitis caudalis venom
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 180 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: 20,637,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1111 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Blood - change in clotting factors
REFERENCE :
   23EIAT "Venomous Animals and Their Venoms," Buecherl, W., and E.E. Buckley,
   eds., 3 vols., New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1968-71
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,437,1968
 
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