Toxicity
The LD50 of α-LTX in mice is 20-40 µg/kg of body weight. LD50 for frog = 145 mg/kg, blackbird = 5.9, canary = 4.7, cockroach = 2.7, chick = 2.1, mouse = 0.9, housefly = 0.6, pigeon = 0.4, guinea-pig = 0.1.
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