*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CP0925000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Bacteriodes fragilis endotoxin, extracts
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Phenol-water extracts from Bacteriodes fragilis 62/73 strain
REFERENCE :
   BAPBAN Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Series des Sciences
   Biologiques.  (Warsaw, Poland)  V.5-30, 1957-82.  For publisher information,
   see BPABEN.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 26,19,1978
LAST UPDATED            : 199509
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 38 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Liver - fatty liver degeneration
REFERENCE :
   BAPBAN Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences, Series des Sciences
   Biologiques.  (Warsaw, Poland)  V.5-30, 1957-82.  For publisher information,
   see BPABEN.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 26(1),19,1978
 
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