*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : QQ4498000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Neurotoxin, Naja naja atra
LAST UPDATED            : 198809
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Naja naja atra neurotoxin
   * Toxin A
 
                       *** 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           : 74 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   APEPA2 Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Archiv fuer Pharmakologie und Experimentelle
   Pathologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.254-263, 1966-69.  For publisher information,
   see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 259,360,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 91 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   19DDA6 "Animal Toxins, a Collection of Papers Presented at the International
   Symposium on Animal Toxins, 1st, 1966," Russell, F.E., and P.R. Saunders,
   eds., New York, Pergamon Press Inc., 1967 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,259,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 91 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: 7,89,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   57,387,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   30FDAB "Neuropoisons: Their Pathophysiological Actions, 1971-1974," Simpson,
   L.L., and D.R. Curtis, eds., New York, Plenum Pub. Corp., 1974
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,21,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - cat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   30FDAB "Neuropoisons: Their Pathophysiological Actions, 1971-1974," Simpson,
   L.L., and D.R. Curtis, eds., New York, Plenum Pub. Corp., 1974
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,21,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - pigeon
DOSE/DURATION           : 57 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: 7,89,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION           : 74 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: 7,89,1969
 
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