*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VM2040000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ruta chalepensis L., aerial parts
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Plant belonging to the family Rutaceae
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,167,1991
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD - Lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : >3 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - corneal damage
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,167,1991
 
                 ** OTHER MULTIPLE DOSE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 9 gm/kg/90D-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - changes in erythrocyte (RBC) count
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - other changes
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,167,1991
 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***