Experiment 1261233
Compounds isolated
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | IN RATION |
| Organism | Gossypium hirsutum (MALVACEAE) |
| Citation | MENAUL,P:. (1922). THE POISONOUS SUBSTANCE IN COTTONSEED.. 247() |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | DAILY FEEDING IN RATION CAUSED DEATH IN FROM 8-25 DAYS. FEEDING FOR ONLY 3-4 DAYS WAS SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DEATH. IN ONE CASE, A SINGLE DOSE CAUSED DEATH 14 DAYS AFTER DOSING. ANIMALS FED GOSSYPOL ATE IT FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT SEEMING AFFECTED, THEN THEY MAY SUDDENLY CEASE EATING, WASTE AWAY AND DIE. THIS STUDY WAS PUBLISHED IN 1922 AND THE DEGREE OF PURITY OF GOSSYPOL WAS NOT INDICATED. |
| Dose amount | 0.1 GM |
| Number | 6 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | RABBIT |
| Per unit | ANIMAL |
| Dose expression | DOSE |