*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : HN4250000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dibenz(a,h)anthracene-5,6-diol, 5,6-dihydro-, (Z)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3719-39-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199409
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C22-H16-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 312.38
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L G6 D6 B666&&&T&J PQ QQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * DBA-5,6-cis-dihydrodiol
   * Dibenz(a,h)anthracene-5,6-cis-dihydrodiol
   * cis-5,6-Dihydro-5,6-dihydroxydibenz(a,h)anthracene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,389,1971/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,389,1971/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,389,1971/1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,389,1971/1972

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: SHE-clonal assay
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Cell transform.-mouse prostate
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: V79 cell culture-gene mutation

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***