*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DE7340000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzo(b)chrysene
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 214-17-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2051199
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-02721 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C22-H14
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 278.36
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L G6 D6 C666J
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2,3-Benzochrysene
   * 3,4-Benzotetracene
   * Benzo(c)tetraphene
   * 3,4-Benzotetraphene
   * 1,2:6,7-Dibenzophenanthrene
   * 2,3:7,8-Dibenzophenanthrene
   * Dibenzo-2,3,7,8-phenanthrene
   * Naphth(2,1-a)anthracene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 28 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-60,
   1940-78.  For publisher information, see JJIND8.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   50,1717,1973
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 174,247,1986
 
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