*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : MH6850000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Hemorrhagin, vipera palaestinae
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Isolated from the venom of Vipera palaestinae
REFERENCE :
   29QKAZ "Toxins of Animal and Plant Origin, Proceedings International
   Symposium, 2nd, 1970," de Vries, A., and E. Kochva, eds., 3 vols., New York,
   Gordon and Breach Science Pub., 1971-73
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Vipera palaestinae hemorrhagin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 375 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,57,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Blood - change in clotting factors
REFERENCE :
   29QKAZ "Toxins of Animal and Plant Origin, Proceedings International
   Symposium, 2nd, 1970," de Vries, A., and E. Kochva, eds., 3 vols., New York,
   Gordon and Breach Science Pub., 1971-73  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,703,1972
 
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