*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CB1750000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Anthra(2,3-b)furo(3,2-d)furan-5,10-dione,
                          3a,12a-dihydro-4,6,8-trihydroxy-, Z-(-)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6807-96-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H10-O7
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 338.28
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T F6 D6 B655 EV LV PO RO SU&&&TJ CQ GQ IQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   *   Z-(-)-4,6,8-Trihydroxy-3a,12a-dihydroanthra(2,3-b)furo(3,2-d)furan-5,10-
     dione
   * Versicolorin A
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   85GDA2 "CRC Handbook of Antibiotic Compounds," Vols.1- ,  Berdy, J., Boca
   Raton, FL, CRC Press, 1980-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,189,1980
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis.  (New York, NY)  V.1-9, 1979-87.  For
   publisher information, see EMMUEG.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,19,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 ng/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,447,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 3 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUTAEX Mutagenesis. (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House, Southfield Road,
   Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK) V.1- 1986-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,433,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 143,121,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   44,2918,1984

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
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