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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 5.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicon. 2007 Oct 13;51(2):297–303. doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2007.10.004

Table 2.

LD50 per mouse and ED50 per vials

Species Pool LD50
mg/mouse		 NACSA ED50
(mL
vial/LD50)a 		NACSA Mean
ED50
(mL vial/LD50)		 NACSA ED50
(mL/LD50)b 		Coralmyn ED50
(mL vial/LD50)c 		Coralmyn
Mean ED50
(mL vial/LD50)		 Coralmyn ED50
(mL /LD50)b
10/449 1/42.6 5/507.5 1/95.4
M. f. f. I 0.00509 10/426 5/477
1/47.2 1/107.6
M. f. f. II 0.00552 10/472 5/538
<10/44 1/<0.44 5/319 1/64.6
M. t. t. I 0.01561 10/< 44 5/323
1/<0.44 1/63
M. t. t. II 0.01398 10/< 44 5/315
a

Wyeth’s insert states that one 10 mL vial neutralizes 250 LD50 of M. fulvius venom.

b

Expressed as the number of LD50 neutralized by 1 mL of antivenom.

c

Bioclon’s insert states that one 5 mL vial neutralizes 450 LD50 of Micrurus ssp venom.