*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DS8140000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Betel leaves
LAST UPDATED            : 199510
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Natural Product
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3000 gm/kg/43W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
REFERENCE :
   EXPEAM Experientia.  (Birkhaeuser Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel,
   Switzerland)  V.1-    1945-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 35,384,1979

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 37,141,1985

 
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