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    Lethal Dose Table

    Lethal dose (LD50) is the amount of an ingested substance that kills 50 percent of a test sample. It is expressed
    in mg/kg, or milligrams of substance per kilogram of body weight.

    Common name Toxin Lethal doses Description Toxic response


    Aspirin Acetyl- salicylic LD50 200 mg/kg Odorless white Gastric distress, confusion, psychosis,
    acid C9H8O4 (rat, oral) crystal stupor, ringing in ears, drowsiness,
    hyperventilation

    Table salt Sodium chloride LD50 3 g/kg White cubic crystal Eye irritant, elevated blood pressure
    NaCl (rat, oral)
    12357 mg/kg
    (human, oral)
    Bleach Chlorine LD50 850 mg/kg Greenish colored Corrosive to eyes, skin, respiratory
    (fumes) CI2 (rat, inhaled) gas, amber liquid, tract, nausea, vomiting, pulmonary
    pungent odor edema

    Helium Helium Not established Odorless colorless Dizziness, nausea, simple asphyxiant
    He gas

    Lorchel mushroom Gyromitrin LD50 200 mg/kg Nausea, vomiting, severe liver
    C4H8N2O (rat, oral) damage, coma, convulsions

    Arsenic Arsenic, arsenic LD50 15mg/kg Grey, metallic Acute- irritates the yes, skin,
    trioxide (rat, oral) crystals respiratory tract, and nausea. Chronic
    As, As4 O6 convulsions, tissue legions,
    hemorrhage, kidney impairment

    Sugar Glucose LD50 30 g/kg Sweet white powder Depressed activity, gastrointestinal
    C6H12O6 (rat, oral) disturbances. If diabetic- heart
    disease, blindness, nerve damage,
    kidney damage

    Iron tablets Iron sulfate ~5 adult tablets toxic Grayish white Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, black
    FeSO4 for a 3 year old powder stool, liver damage, coma

    Lead Lead Lowest published Bluish or silvery Acute headache, insomnia, joint
    Pb dose 450 solid pain. Chronic-anemia, kidney
    (human, oral) disease, reproductive and
    developmental toxin.

    Snake venom -bungarotoxin Not available Large protein Paralysis, suffocation, loss of
    C338H529N97O105S11 molecule consciousness, seizures,
    hemorrhaging into tissues

    Cola Caffeine LD50 140 mg/kg White odorless Acute renal failure, nausea, psychosis,
    C8H10N4O2 (dog, oral) powder or crystals hemorrhage, increased pulse,
    convulsions

    Alcohol Ethanol LD50 7060 mg/kg Colorless liquid, Nausea, headache, vomiting,
    C2H6O (rat, oral) pleasant odor dizziness, nervous system depression,
    confusion, loss of consciousness

    Vitamin A Retinol LD50 2000 mg/kg Yellow crystals, Convulsions, unconsciousness,


    C20H30O (rat, oral) orange solid reproductive toxin

    Toxins UC Regents, LHS Living by Chemistry, 2004.

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