*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WK0900000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Stramonium
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 8063-18-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199404
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Human
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Angel tulip
   * Datura stramonium
   * Devil's apple
   * Dhutra
   * Jamestown weed
   * Jimson weed
   * Pomme epineuse
   * Steckapful
   * Stramona
   * Thorn apple
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human
DOSE/DURATION           : 57 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - hallucinations, distorted perceptions
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Cardiac - change in rate
REFERENCE :
   POMDAS Postgraduate Medicine.  (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1221 Ave. of the
   Americas, New York, NY 10020) V.1-    1947-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,364,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION           : 202 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   POMDAS Postgraduate Medicine.  (McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1221 Ave. of the
   Americas, New York, NY 10020) V.1-    1947-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,364,1960

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80535
       No. of Facilities: 68 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 2770 (estimated)

 
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