Single and 28-Day Repeated Intramuscular dose Toxicity Studies of Botulinum Toxin Type a in Rats

  • Woo S. Koh (Korea Institute of Toxicology) ;
  • Moon-K. Chung (Korea Institute of Toxicology) ;
  • Kim, Yong B. (Korea Institute of Toxicology) ;
  • Chang S. Ha (Korea Institute of Toxicology) ;
  • Gi H. Yang (Medy-Tox) ;
  • Hyun H. Chung (Medy-Tox) ;
  • Tae C. Jeong (College of Pharmacy Yeungnam University)
  • Published : 2003.10.01

Abstract

Botulinum toxin type A was intramuscularly administered to Sprague-Dawley rats in both single and 28-day repeated dose toxicity studies. In the single dose toxicity study performed at 25, 50, 100, and 200 ng/kg, LD50 was estimated to be 70.71 ng/kg for males and 97.63 ng/kg for females.(omitted)

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