*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CW4630000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benz(a)anthracene-5,6-diol, 5,6-dihydro-, (Z)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 32373-17-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199412
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 262.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L D6 B666&&T&J LQ MQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * BA-5,6-cis-Dihydrodiol
   * Benz(a)anthracene-5,6-cis-dihydrodiol
   * cis-5,6-Dihydro-5,6-dihydroxybenz(a)anthracene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 2500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,1391,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,69,1972

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: SHE-clonal assay
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Cell transform.-mouse prostate
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: In vitro UDS-human fibroblast
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: V79 cell culture-gene mutation
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
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