*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3960700
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, lizard, Heloderma horridum
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Heloderma horridum venom
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1400 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MIBUAH Memorias do Instituto Butantan.  Memoirs of the Butantan Institute.
   (Instituto Butantan, Biblioteca, Caixa Postal, 65, 05504 Sao Paulo, Brazil)
   V.1-    1918-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,907,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2700 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Eye) - effect, not otherwise specified
REFERENCE :
   BICHAW Biochemistry.  (American Chemical Soc., Distribution Office Dept.
   223, POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC 20037)  V.1-    1962-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,3517,1981
 
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