*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : YX3984800 CHEMICAL NAME : Venom, snake, Dendroaspis polylepis LAST UPDATED : 199209 DATA ITEMS CITED : 3 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Black mamba venom * Dendroaspis polylepis 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 : 256 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: 29,1315,1991 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 550 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value REFERENCE : 19DDA6 "Animal Toxins, a Collection of Papers Presented at the International Symposium on Animal Toxins, 1st, 1966," Russell, F.E., and P.R. Saunders, eds., New York, Pergamon Press Inc., 1967 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,223,1967 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 264 ug/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - muscle weakness Behavioral - ataxia 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: 8,51,1970 *** END OF RECORD ***