*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EX6653000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Canscora decussata, extract
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   An erect, branching, annual Indian plant with 4-winged stems and decussate
   branches
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dankuni
   * Kalameg
   * Kambumalinee
   * Shankhahapushappi
   * Titavi
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 140 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
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: 124,358,1960
 
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