*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CW1795090
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benz(a)anthracene,
                          1,2-dihydro-1,2-dihydroxy-7-methyl-, (E)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 64521-13-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 4490078
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C19-H16-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 276.35
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L D6 B666 OU&&&TJ J1 QQ RQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * trans-1,2-Dihydro-1,2-dihydroxy-7-methylbenz(a)anthracene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 75,427,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,367,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Cell transform.-mouse prostate; In vitro
   SCE-nonhuman
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat

 
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