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RTECS NUMBER            : TJ3493500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phytolacca americana Linn., root extract
LAST UPDATED            : 198506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Natural Product
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Poke root, extract
 
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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           : 65 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Vascular - BP lowering not characterized in autonomic section
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory depression
REFERENCE :
   JAPMA8 Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Scientific
   Edition.  (Washington, DC) V.29-49, 1940-60.  For publisher information, see
   JPMSAE.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 38,443,1949
 
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