*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3967300
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, scorpion, Tityus bahiensis
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Tityus bahiensis 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           : 700 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: 25(1),83,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 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: 25(1),83,1953
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 9350 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tetany
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
   Skin and Appendages - sweating
REFERENCE :
   23EIAT "Venomous Animals and Their Venoms," Buecherl, W., and E.E. Buckley,
   eds., 3 vols., New York, Academic Press, Inc., 1968-71
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,317,1971
 
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