*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : FM3374000 CHEMICAL NAME : Chikusetsusaponin III CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 29845-71-4 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1418337 LAST UPDATED : 199612 DATA ITEMS CITED : 2 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C47-H80-O17 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 917.27 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug Natural Product *** 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 : 186 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression REFERENCE : CPBTAL Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. (Japan Pub. Trading Co., USA, 1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103) V.6- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,1017,1977 TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse DOSE/DURATION : 163 mg/kg TOXIC EFFECTS : Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity) Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay) Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression REFERENCE : CPBTAL Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. (Japan Pub. Trading Co., USA, 1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103) V.6- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,1017,1977 *** END OF RECORD ***