*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3988700
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Lachesis mutus
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Bushmaster Venom
   * Lachesis muta venom
   * Surucucu Venom
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   THHADQ Thrombosis and Haemostasis.  (F.K. Schattauer Verlag, Postfach
   104545, D-70040 Stuttgart, Germany)  V.35-    1976- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   78,1372,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 36910 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   AJTMAQ American Journal of Tropical Medicine.  (Baltimore, MD)  V.1-31,
   1921-51.  For publisher information, see AJTHAB.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   31,489,1951
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - species unspecified
DOSE/DURATION           : 5930 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CLPTAT Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (St. Louis).  (C.V. Mosby Co.,
   11830 Westline Industrial Dr., St. Louis, MO 63146)  V.1-    1960-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,849,1967
 
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