*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3963300
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, scorpion, Buthus occitanus paris
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Buthus occitanus paris 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           : 4150 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - excitement
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Vascular - BP elevation not characterized in autonomic section
REFERENCE :
   JNPHAG Journal de Pharmacologie.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France)
   V.1-    1970-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,39,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3320 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,1,1971
 
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