*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LY9531500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ginseng
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 50647-08-0
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Panax
   * Panax ginseng
   * Panax schinseng
   * Prosapogenin (Ginseng)
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 750 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRMTAL Farmatsiya (Moscow).  Pharmacy.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR) V.16-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(6),45,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRMTAL Farmatsiya (Moscow).  Pharmacy.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR) V.16-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(6),45,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 54 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FRMTAL Farmatsiya (Moscow).  Pharmacy.  (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095
   Moscow, USSR) V.16-    1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 31(6),45,1982
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 352 gm/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 60 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Paternal Effects - other effects on male
REFERENCE :
   ARANDR Archives of Andrology.  (Elsevier Science Pub. Co., Inc., 52
   Vanderbilt Ave., New York, NY 10017)  V.1-    1978- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,261,1982
 
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