*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3989500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Microcephalophis gracilis
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Microcephalophis gracilis 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           : 480 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: 14,347,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   14FHAR "Venomous and Poisonous Animals and Noxious Plants of the Pacific
   Region," Keegan, H.L., and W.V. Macfarlane, eds., New York, Pergamon Press
   Inc., 1963  Volume(issue)/page/year: -,373,1963
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SCNEBK Science News.  (Science Service, Subscription Dept., 231 W. Center
   St., Marion, OH 43302) V.89(11)-    1966-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   110,355,1976
 
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