*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KD8010000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Erabutoxin A
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 11094-61-4
LAST UPDATED            : 198912
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C284-H442-N86-O95-S8
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 6838.60
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 70 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   19DDA6 "Animal Toxins, a Collection of Papers Presented at the International
   Symposium on Animal Toxins, 1st, 1966," Russell, F.E., and P.R. Saunders,
   eds., New York, Pergamon Press Inc., 1967 Volume(issue)/page/year:
   -,249,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 105 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   MIBUAH Memorias do Instituto Butantan.  Memoirs of the Butantan Institute.
   (Instituto Butantan, Biblioteca, Caixa Postal, 65, 05504 Sao Paulo, Brazil)
   V.1-    1918-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 33,379,1966
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Peripheral Nerve and Sensation - flaccid paralysis without anesthesia
   (usually neuromuscular blockage)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   BIJOAK Biochemical Journal.  (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot, POB 32, Commerce
   Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK)  V.1-    1906- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   99,624,1966
 
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