*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZI2514600
CHEMICAL NAME           : Zygophyllin
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   A bitter principle containing reducing and unsaturated groupings isolated
   from Zygophyllum coccineum L. and Zygophyllum album L.
REFERENCE :
   BFPHA8 Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Cairo University).  (Faculty of
   Pharmacy, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt)  V.1-    1961/62-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,253,1967
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
 
                       *** 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           : 411 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Cardiac - change in rate
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   BFPHA8 Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Cairo University).  (Faculty of
   Pharmacy, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt)  V.1-    1961/62-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,253,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Amphibian - frog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1426 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   BFPHA8 Bulletin of the Faculty of Pharmacy (Cairo University).  (Faculty of
   Pharmacy, Cairo Univ., Cairo, Egypt)  V.1-    1961/62-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,253,1967
 
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