*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3993900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Ophiophagus hannah
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Australian king cobra snake venom
   * King cobra venom
   * Ophiophagus hannah 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           : 355 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YHHPAL Yaoxue Xuebao.  Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica.  Pharmaceutical Journal.
   (China International Book Trading Corp., POB 2820, Beijing, Peop. Rep.
   China)  V.1-    1953-    Suspended 1966-78.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,721,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1091 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: 17,661,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 125 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BICMBE Biochimie.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France)  V.53-    1971-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,719,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   30FDAB "Neuropoisons: Their Pathophysiological Actions, 1971-1974," Simpson,
   L.L., and D.R. Curtis, eds., New York, Plenum Pub. Corp., 1974
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,21,1971
 
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