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RTECS NUMBER            : JG5787500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dioscorine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3329-91-7
LAST UPDATED            : 198509
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H19-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 221.33
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T66 A B AN DXTJ A1 D-& CT6VOX DHJ E1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,213,1958
 
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