*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : UY7730000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (mixed)
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   From the poisonous plant tansy ragwort--Senecio jacobaea
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,177,1982
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 130 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in spleen
   Biochemical - Enzyme inhibition, induction, or change in blood or tissue
   levels - true cholinesterase
REFERENCE :
   JANSAG Journal of Animal Science.  (American Soc. of Animal Science, 309 W.
   Clark St., Champaign, IL 61820)  V.1-    1942-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   43,1024,1976
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,177,1982
 
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