*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : AZ7741200
CHEMICAL NAME           : Alkaloids, strychnos potatorum bark
LAST UPDATED            : 198606
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Strychnos potatorum bark alkaloids
 
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                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - tremor
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   PLMEAA Planta Medica.  (Georg Thieme Verlag, Postfach 732, D-7000 Stuttgart
   1, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-    1953-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 29,226,1976
 
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