*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : IH3000000
CHEMICAL NAME : Digitoxin, tetraformate
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 14435-27-9
LAST UPDATED : 198909
DATA ITEMS CITED : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C45-H64-O17
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 877.09
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Drug
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Tetraformyl-digitoxin
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 5920 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Cardiac - other changes
REFERENCE :
AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4-
1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,436,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 4460 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Cardiac - other changes
REFERENCE :
AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4-
1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,436,1965
TYPE OF TEST : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION : 2900 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Brain and Coverings - recordings from specific areas of CNS
Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
Cardiac - other changes
REFERENCE :
AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium) V.4-
1898- Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,436,1965
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