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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10$^-$$^8$$^{-8}$ mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychnine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10$^6$). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10$^-$$^8$ mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychnine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10$^6$). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10$^{-8}$ mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychnine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10$^6$). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10^-88x10$^-$$^8$ mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for StrychinineStrychnine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10^61x10$^6$). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10^-8 mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychinine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10^6). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10$^-$$^8$ mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychnine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10$^6$). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10^-8 mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychinine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10^71x10^6). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10^-8 mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychinine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10^7). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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Usually, toxicity is given in the units of mass of the substance per unit mass of body mass of the organism that will kill 50% of the organisms in a species if those organisms ingest the toxin at that dose (e.g. mg/kg, ng/kg). This measurement is called the median lethal dose, and is often abbreviated as LD50.

In your table, they only provide the mass of the (average) dose of the substance needed to kill the organism listed, as can be seen by the (mg) after the words "Toxic dose". They likely multiplied the LD50 of the toxin by the average mass of the organism to obtain those numbers. Based on Google's estimation that a mouse has an average weight of 0.68 oz (0.019 kg), and on this table of murine LD50 measurements, I calculated that for tetanus toxin, the lethal dose in the average mouse is 3.8x10^-8 mg, which is basically what your table provides, which supports my guess on how they obtained their numbers.

The other values listed under "Lethal toxicity compared with" appear to be ratios, given by the formula [lethal dose of toxin above]/[lethal dose of toxin on left]. Using Wikipedia's LD50 for Strychinine in mice (2 mg/kg) and the tetanus toxin LD50 from my previous source, I obtain the exact ratio that they do (1x10^6). The lack of units makes sense, as ratios are unitless.

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