*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LX9100000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Gelsemine
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 509-15-9
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 5406576
REFERENCE               : 4-27-00-07526 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H22-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 322.44
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Gelsemin
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   DUSA** "Dispensatory of the United States of America," 24th ed., Osol, A.
   and G.E. Farrar, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co., 1947
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,497,1947
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 49 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
REFERENCE :
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,349,1957
 
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