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Chemical PICROTOXIN

Chemical ID
PICROTOXIN
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage Reference
LD50=15 (orl mus)
LD50=7.2 (ipr mus) Merck 11th Edition
MLD=4 (ivn mus) Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Anticonvulsant not available Duke, 1992 *
Antidote (Barbiturate) not available Merck 11th Edition
Antiepileptic not available Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Piscicide not available Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 3-6 mg/man/ivn Martindale's 28th
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Anamirta cocculus Fruit 6000.0 50000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *