*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AR6004200
CHEMICAL NAME           : Aconitum gigas Lev. et Van, root extract
LAST UPDATED            : 198803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aconitum pallidum Reichb., root extract
   * Lycoctonum gigas nakai, root extract
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 15 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   NYKZAU Nippon Yakurigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Pharmacology. (Nippon
   Yakuri Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu Yakurigaku Kyoshitsu, Konoe-cho,
   Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606, Japan) V.40-    1944- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   56,1263,1960
 
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