*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VQ1480000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Saponin, psammasilene tunicoides
LAST UPDATED            : 198506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Psammasilene tunicoides saponin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 48700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Skin and Appendages - hair
REFERENCE :
   YCWCDP Yun-nan Chih Wu Yen Chiu.  Yun-nan Botanical Research.  (Yunnan
   Renmin Chubanshe, 100 Shulinjie, Kunming, Peop. Rep. China)  V.1-    1979-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,287,1981
 
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