*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : KH4025000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ethane, azo-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 821-14-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1736139
REFERENCE               : 4-04-00-03367 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H10-N2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 86.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : 2NUN2
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Reproductive Effector
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Azoaethan
   * Azoethane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   67,31,1965
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 37 mg/kg/1H
                          female 22 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - transplacental tumorigenesis
   Brain and Coverings - tumors
REFERENCE :
   IARCCD IARC Scientific Publications.  (Geneva, Switzerland)  No.1-26,
   1971-78.  For publisher information, see IAPUDO.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,45,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1250 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
   Blood - leukemia
REFERENCE :
   ZEKBAI Zeitschrift fuer Krebsforschung.  (Berlin, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-75,
   1903-71.  For publisher information, see JCROD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   67,31,1965
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 4000 ppm/1H
                          female 15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - transplacental tumorigenesis
   Brain and Coverings - tumors
REFERENCE :
   FCTXAV Food and Cosmetics Toxicology.  (London, UK)  V.1-19, 1963-81.  For
   publisher information, see FCTOD7.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,584,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TC - Toxic concentration (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 mg/kg/1H
                          female 15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Reproductive - Tumorigenic effects - transplacental tumorigenesis
   Brain and Coverings - tumors
REFERENCE :
   EXPEAM Experientia.  (Birkhaeuser Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel,
   Switzerland)  V.1-    1945-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,561,1968
 
                          ** REPRODUCTIVE DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TCLo - Lowest published toxic concentration
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Inhalation
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE                    : 1250 mg/kg/1H
SEX/DURATION            : female 15 day(s) after conception
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Reproductive - Effects on Embryo or Fetus - fetal death
REFERENCE :
   IARCCD IARC Scientific Publications.  (Geneva, Switzerland)  No.1-26,
   1971-78.  For publisher information, see IAPUDO.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,45,1973
 
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