*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OJ0895480
CHEMICAL NAME           : Lipopolysaccharide, from leptospira interrogans
                          serovar copenhageni strain shibaura
LAST UPDATED            : 198812
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Leptospiral lipopolysaccharide
   * L-Lps
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 136 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Nutritional and Gross Metabolic - weight loss or decreased weight gain
REFERENCE :
   ZBMPEJ Zentralblatt fuer Bakteriologie, Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Series
   A:Medical Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Parasitology.(Gustav
   Fischer Verlag, Postfach 720143, D-7000 Stuggart 70, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.256- 
     1983-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 261,53,1986
 
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