*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GL4260000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Convulxin
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 37206-04-5
LAST UPDATED            : 198706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
 
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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           : 524 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
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: 71,394,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 64 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Cardiac - cardiomyopathy including infarction
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Blood - changes in cell count (unspecified)
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,661,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   TOXIA6 Toxicon.  (Pergamon Press Ltd., Headington Hill Hall, Oxford OX3 OBW,
   UK)  V.1-    1962-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 19,875,1981
 
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