*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DA0180000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzene, 4-(2,3-epoxypropyl)-1,2-(methylenedioxy)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7470-44-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0163628
REFERENCE               : 5-19-09-00191 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H10-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 178.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T56 BO DO CHJ G1- BT3OTJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 1,3-Benzodioxole, 5-(2,3-epoxypropyl)-
   * 1,3-Benzodioxole, 5-(oxiranylmethyl)-
   * 2',3'-Epoxysafrol
   * 2',3'-Epoxysafrole
   * 5-(Oxiranylmethyl)-1,3-benzodioxole
   * Safrole epoxide
   * Safrole oxide
   * Safrole-2',3'-oxide
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 nmol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 60,143,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
   BJPCAL British Journal of Pharmacology and Chemotherapy.  (London, UK)
   V.1-33, 1946-68.  For publisher information, see BJPCBM.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,235,1951

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

 
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