*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CR3990000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Batrachotoxin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 23509-16-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C31-H42-N2-O6
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 538.75
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T G6 G6 G6 D65 D7/G-K/HM G- 5DGGHQ V DX GX G-O QXO UN
                          OU AHTTTT&TJ FQ H1 KQ U1 CY1&OV- CT5MJ
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Batrachotoxinin A, 20-(2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate)
   * Betrachotoxinin A, 20-alpha-(2,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxylate)
   * BTX
 
                       *** 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           : 2 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: 7,315,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   CTOXAO Clinical Toxicology.  (New York, NY)  V.1-18, 1968-81.  For publisher
   information, see JTCTDW.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,331,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 2700 ng/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: 8,85,1970
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1150 ng/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   JACSAT Journal of the American Chemical Society.  (American Chemical Soc.,
   Distribution Office Dept. 223, POB 57136, West End Stn., Washington, DC
   20037)  V.1-    1879-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 87,124,1965

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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