*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : YX3997900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Venom, snake, Trimeresurus gramineus
LAST UPDATED            : 199109
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Trimeresurus gramineus venom
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,183,1970
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   TIHHAH Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui Tsa Chih.  Journal of the Formosan Medical
   Association.  (Tai-wan I Hsueh Hui, 1, Sect. 1 Jen-ai Road, Taipei, Taiwan)
   V.45-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 61,239,1962
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/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
 
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