*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KE8750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ergotoxine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 8006-25-5
LAST UPDATED            : 198910
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Reproductive Effector
                          Human
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Ecboline
   * Ergotoxin
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Human - man
DOSE/DURATION           : 3570 ng/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   HXPHAU Handbuch der Experimentellen Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.)  New
   series: V.1-49, 1935-78. For publisher information, see HEPHD2.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,107,1938
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 107 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 176,171,1934
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 33 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Cardiac - pulse rate increase, without fall in BP
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   85IXA4 "Structure et Activite Pharmacodyanmique des Medicaments du Systeme
   Nerveux Vegetatif," Bovet, D., and F. Bovet-Nitti, New York, S. Karger, 1948
    Volume(issue)/page/year: -,285,1948
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   HXPHAU Handbuch der Experimentellen Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.)  New
   series: V.1-49, 1935-78. For publisher information, see HEPHD2.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,104,1938
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intramuscular
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 20 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : female 5 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - pre-implantation mortality (e.g. reduction in
   number of implants per female; total number of implants per corpora lutea)
REFERENCE :
   PSEBAA Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
   (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1903/04-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 100,555,1959
 
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