*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3996000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus 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           : 9200 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 23,607,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 265 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NJGKBV Snake.  (Japan Snake Institute, Hon-machi, Yabuzuka, Nitta-gun,
   Gunma-ken, Japan) V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,7,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 7350 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Blood - hemorrhage
REFERENCE :
   NJGKBV Snake.  (Japan Snake Institute, Hon-machi, Yabuzuka, Nitta-gun,
   Gunma-ken, Japan) V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,7,1983
 
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