*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CD6899900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Apamin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 24345-16-2
LAST UPDATED            : 198708
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C79-H131-N31-O24-S4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 2027.65
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Apamine
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3800 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: 22,308,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2900 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
REFERENCE :
   EJBCAI European Journal of Biochemistry.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
   Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1967-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,35,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
REFERENCE :
   NSAPCC Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology.  (Springer Verlag,
   Heidelberger, Pl. 3, D-1000 Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.272-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 300,189,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intracerebral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1800 ng/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: 22,308,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 600 mg/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: 20,157,1982
 
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