*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : PF8870000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Methylamine, N-nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 598-57-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199306
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C-H4-N2-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 76.07
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : WNM1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methanamine, N-nitro-
   * Methylnitramine
   * Nitramine, methyl-
   * N-Nitromethanamine
   * N-Nitromethylamine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   PCJOAU Pharmaceutical Chemistry Journal (English Translation).  Translation
   of KHFZAN. (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013)  No.1-
   1967-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1504,1976
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 76 mg/kg/2Y-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Spinal Cord - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 10,1977,1989
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 12500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   JCROD7 Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology.  (Springer-Verlag
   New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.93-
   1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 111,123,1986
 
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