*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XR3030000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tityustoxin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 39465-37-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199509
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * TsTX
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - lacrimation
   Behavioral - changes in motor activity (specific assay)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   AGACBH Agents and Actions, A Swiss Journal of Pharmacology.  (Birkhaeuser
   Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland)  V.1-    1969/70-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,113,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 160 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOLED5 Toxicology Letters.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 71,97,1994
 
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