*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XW5811000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Toxin, catfish, Arius bilineatus, skin
LAST UPDATED            : 199007
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Arabian gulf catfish skin toxin
   * Arius bilineatus skin toxin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Cardiac - change in rate
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,532,1985
 
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