*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LT7200000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Furaldehyde, 5-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 698-63-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0120539
REFERENCE               : 5-17-09-00323 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H3-N-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 141.09
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5OJ BVH ENW
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 5-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-nitro-
   * 5-Nitro-2-furaldehyde
   * 5-Nitro-5-furancarboxaldehyde
   * Nitrofurfural
   * 5-Nitrofurfural
   * 5-Nitrofurfuraldehyde
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 192,15,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 15 nmol/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,21,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,21,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   AMACCQ Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  (American Soc. for
   Microbiology, 1913 I St., NW, Washington, DC 20006)  V.1-    1972-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,682,1976
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Protozoa - Euglena gracilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   AFRNDS Acta Facultatis Rerum Naturalium Universitatis Comenianae, Formatio
   et Protectio Naturae. (Slovenske Pedagogicke Nakladatel'stvo, Sasinkova 5,
   89112 Bratislava, Czechoslovakia) No.1-    1976-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,131,1979

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: TRP reversion; S cerevisiae gene
   conversion

 
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