Re: toxic molecules

Krzysztof Mitko <[email protected]> Sun, 27 May 2012 08:50:14 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.science.chemistry.the-chemistry-cluster
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On 2012-05-27 03:06, jasgrygo wrote:
> do any of you know any molecules that are very toxic ?
> the most toxic one i know is osmium tetraoxide

Check out the wikipedia:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_lethal_dose#Examples>
They are listed by LD50 - the dose that kills 50% of test subjects. Note
that the values can be misleading, as stated there, but it gives you an
idea what not to put in your organism :).

-- 
Best regards,
Krzysztof Mitko


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