*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GD0760000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ciguatoxin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 11050-21-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199603
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C60-H86-O19
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 1111.46
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ciguatoxin 1
   * Ciguatoxin CTX 1
   * CTX 1
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 11 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - arrhythmias (including changes in conduction)
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,55,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 530 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - cyanosis
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,131,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 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: 29,1115,1991
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 450 ng/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   YKYUA6 Yakkyoku.  Pharmacy.  (Nanzando, 4-1-11, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo,
   Japan)  V.1-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,1213,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION           : 8800 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - body temperature decrease
REFERENCE :
   BSPEAM Bulletin de la Societe de Pathologie Exotique et de Ses Filiales.
   (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France)  V.1-    1908-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 79,140,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION           : 80 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PWPSA8 Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society.  (Univ. of
   California Dept. of Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA 90024)  V.1-    1958-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,126,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION           : 10600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PWPSA8 Proceedings of the Western Pharmacology Society.  (Univ. of
   California Dept. of Pharmacology, Los Angeles, CA 90024)  V.1-    1958-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,126,1968
 
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