*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : YX3984700
CHEMICAL NAME : Venom, snake, Dendroaspis jamesoni
LAST UPDATED : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Dendroaspis jamesoni venom
* D. jamesoni venom
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 260 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
(usually neuromuscular blockage)
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
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: 12,577,1974
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 1020 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
19DDA6 "Animal Toxins, a Collection of Papers Presented at the International
Symposium on Animal Toxins, 1st, 1966," Russell, F.E., and P.R. Saunders,
eds., New York, Pergamon Press Inc., 1967 Volume(issue)/page/year:
-,223,1967
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 840 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
19DDA6 "Animal Toxins, a Collection of Papers Presented at the International
Symposium on Animal Toxins, 1st, 1966," Russell, F.E., and P.R. Saunders,
eds., New York, Pergamon Press Inc., 1967 Volume(issue)/page/year:
-,223,1967
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