*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3985500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Echis coloratus
LAST UPDATED            : 199503
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Echis colorata venom
   * Echis coloratus 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           : 376 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: 11,31,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 5167 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Gastrointestinal - other changes
REFERENCE :
   AJTHAB American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  (Allen Press,
   1041 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS 66044)  V.1-    1952-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,391,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ARSRDR Antiviral Research, (Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., POB 211, 1000
   AE Amsterdam, Netherlands)  V.1-    1981-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   23,161,1994
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,213,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Blood - change in clotting factors
   Blood - thrombocytopenia
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: 1,359,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
   Blood - change in clotting factors
   Blood - thrombocytopenia
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: 1,359,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - other changes
REFERENCE :
   RFECAC Revue Francaise d'Etudes Cliniques et Biologiques.  (Paris, France)
   V.1-14, 1956-69.  For publisher information, see BIMDB3.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,55,1967
 
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