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RTECS NUMBER            : FZ5650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-beta-ol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 434-16-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C27-H44-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 384.71
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E5 B666 JU LUTJ A1 E1 FY1&3Y1&1 OQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Cholesta-5,7-dien-3-ol, (3-beta)-
   * 5,7-Cholestadien-3-beta-ol
   * delta(sup 7)-Cholesterol
   * delta(sup 5,7)-Cholesterol
   * Cholesterol, 7-dehydro-
   * Dehydrocholesterin
   * 7-Dehydrocholesterin
   * Dehydrocholesterol
   * 7-Dehydrocholesterol
   * 7,8-Didehydrocholesterol
   * Provitamin D(sub 3)
 
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TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 60 gm/kg/2W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   NATWAY Naturwissenschaften.  (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Platz 3, D-1000
   Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1913-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   60,525,1973

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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