*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CB3325000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Anthranilic acid, methyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 134-20-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0606965
REFERENCE               : 4-14-00-01008 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 11
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H9-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 151.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR BVO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
                          Reproductive Effector
                          Natural Product
                          Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * o-Aminobenzoic acid methyl ester
   * 2-Aminobenzoic acid methyl ester
   * Benzoic acid, 2-amino-, methyl ester
   * o-Carbomethoxyaniline
   * 2-Carbomethoxyaniline
   * 2-(Methoxycarbonyl)aniline
   * Methyl o-aminobenzoate
   * Methyl 2-aminobenzoate
   * Methyl anthranilate
   * Methylester kyseliny anthranilove
   * Neroli oil, artifical
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                      ** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY       : Moderate
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,935,1974
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2910 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Behavioral - coma
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 3900 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : >5 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,935,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - guinea pig
DOSE/DURATION           : 2780 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - respiratory stimulation
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,327,1964
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE                    : 34800 mg/kg
SEX/DURATION            : male 8 day(s) pre-mating
                          female 21 day(s) pre-mating
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Fertility - female fertility index (e.g. # females pregnant
   per # sperm positive females; # females pregnant per # females mated)
REFERENCE :
   MPHEAE Medicina et Pharmacologia Experimentalis.  (Basel, Switzerland)
   V.12-17, 1965-67.  For publisher information, see PHMGBN.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 15,7,1966
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 23 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
   OIGZDE Osaka-shi Igakkai Zasshi.  Journal of Osaka City Medical Association.
    (Osaka-shi Igakkai, c/o Osaka-shiritsu Daigaku Igakubu, 1-4-54 Asahi-cho,
   Abeno-ku, Osaka, 545, Japan) V.24-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   34,267,1985

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - M1207
       No. of Facilities: 174 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 3
       No. of Occupations: 17
       No. of Employees: 2956 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - M1207
       No. of Facilities: 7048 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 66
       No. of Occupations: 71
       No. of Employees: 104513 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 49243 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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