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RTECS NUMBER            : YX3977000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, beta-bungarus multicinctus
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * beta-Bungarus multicinctus venom
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 89 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Behavioral - irritability
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 144,241,1963
 
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