*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : YX3977700 CHEMICAL NAME : Venom, snake, Cerastes vipera LAST UPDATED : 199109 DATA ITEMS CITED : 4 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Cerastes vipera venom * C. vipera venom *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rat DOSE/DURATION : 1300 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Endocrine - hyperglycemia REFERENCE : TOXIA6 Toxicon. (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, UK) V.1- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,381,1980 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 250 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: 11,457,1973 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 4 mg/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: 18,381,1980 TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Endocrine - other changes Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in sodium Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in potassium REFERENCE : TOXIA6 Toxicon. (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW, UK) V.1- 1962- Volume(issue)/page/year: 18,479,1980 *** END OF RECORD ***