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RTECS NUMBER            : XW5815810
CHEMICAL NAME           : Toxin, crotalus viridis helleri venom
LAST UPDATED            : 198612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 350 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - altered sleep time (including change in righting reflex)
REFERENCE :
   29QKAZ "Toxins of Animal and Plant Origin, Proceedings International
   Symposium, 2nd, 1970," de Vries, A., and E. Kochva, eds., 3 vols., New York,
   Gordon and Breach Science Pub., 1971-73  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,361,1971
 
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