*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : JG5786900
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dioscorea dumetorum (knuth) Pax., tuber extract
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Plant belonging to the family Dioscoreaceae
REFERENCE :
   JOETD7 Journal of Ethnopharmacology.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1979-
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Yellow yam, tuber extract
 
                       *** 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           : 238 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PLMEAA Planta Medica.  (Georg Thieme Verlag, Postfach 732, D-7000 Stuttgart
   1, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-    1953-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,264,1990
 
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