*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LY9536700
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ginsenoside RE
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 52286-59-6
LAST UPDATED            : 199312
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C48-H82-O18
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 947.30
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Chikusetsusaponin IVc
   * Ginsenoside B2
   * Panaxoside RE
 
                       *** 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           : 405 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 25,539,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >1500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SYHJAM Saengyak Hakhoechi.  Journal of the Society of Pharmacognosy. (Hanguk
   Saengyak Hakhoe, c/o Natural Products Institute, Seoul National Univ., 28
   Yunkeon-Dong, Chong-ro-ku, Seoul 110, Korea)  1970- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10,61,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SYHJAM Saengyak Hakhoechi.  Journal of the Society of Pharmacognosy. (Hanguk
   Saengyak Hakhoe, c/o Natural Products Institute, Seoul National Univ., 28
   Yunkeon-Dong, Chong-ro-ku, Seoul 110, Korea)  1970- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10,61,1979
 
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