*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OQ5980000
CHEMICAL NAME           : MCD peptide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 32908-73-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C110-H192-N40-O24-S4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 2587.66
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Mast cell degranulating peptide (honeybee)
   * Mast cell degranulating peptide (honeybee reduced) cyclic  
   (3-15),(5-19)-bis(disulfide)
   * Peptide 401
 
                       *** 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           : 125 mg/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: 22,308,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6800 ng/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: 22,308,1984
 
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