*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DJ5030000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzo(a)pyrene, 9,10-dihydro-9,10-dihydroxy-,
                          (+-)-trans-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 58030-91-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H14-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 286.34
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L D6 B6666 2AB T GUT&&&&J EQ FQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * BP-9,10-dihydrodiol
   * (+-)-trans-9,10-Dihydroxy-9,10-dihydrobenzo(a)pyrene
 
                       *** 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           : 4600 ug/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   3,23,1977
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,270,1981

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ABSYB2 Alfred Benzon Symposium.  (Nankodo Co. Ltd., POB 5272, Tokyo
   International 100-31, Japan) V.1-    1968-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   10,261,1977

 
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