*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LY9535000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ginsenoside
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 74749-74-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          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           : 630 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in sodium
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - changes in potassium
REFERENCE :
   CYLPDN Zhongguo Yaoli Xuebao.  Acta Pharmacologica Sinica.  Chinese Journal
   of Pharmacology.  (China International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820,
   Beijing, Peop. Rep. China)  V.1-    1980-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,126,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   EJCAAH European Journal of Cancer.  (Oxford, UK)  V.1-17(6), 1965-1981. For
   publisher information, see EJCODS.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,885,1979
 
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