*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3992400
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Naja naja sputatrix, SN2
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   A purified principle toxin of the Malayan cobra venom
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Sputa-neurotoxin 2
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 71 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,201,1983
 
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