*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RF4500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Nux vomica
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 8046-97-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199404
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Avi-Tab
   * Bachelor's buttons
   * Dog buttons
   * Quaker's buttons
   * Poison nut
   * Vomit nut
 
                       *** 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           : 157 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   INDRBA Indian Drugs.  (Indian Drugs Manufacturers' Assoc., 102B, Poonam
   Chambers, Dr. A. B. Rd., Worli, Bombay 400 018, India)  V.1-    1963-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 30,53,1993

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80468
       No. of Facilities: 68 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 6
       No. of Employees: 2770 (estimated)

 
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