*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XF8884000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tetrodotoxin, 4,9-anhydro-, 11-formate (ester)
LAST UPDATED            : 199112
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H15-N3-O8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 329.30
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Monoformylanhydrotetrodotoxin
   * 11-Monoformylanhydrotetrodotoxin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 13600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
REFERENCE :
   JJPAAZ Japanese Journal of Pharmacology.  (Japanese Pharmacological Soc.,
   c/o Dept. of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto Univ., Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
   606, Japan)  V.1-    1951-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 17,267,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CPBTAL Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin.  (Japan Pub. Trading Co., USA,
   1255 Howard St., San Francisco, CA 94103)  V.6-    1958-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,1357,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   EJPHAZ European Journal of Pharmacology.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB
   211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1967- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,58,1968
 
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