*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : RG0180200
CHEMICAL NAME           : 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid (Z,Z)-, methyl ester,
                          hydroperoxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 11068-03-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C19-H34-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 326.53
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Methyl linoleate hydroperoxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 12760 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - somnolence (general depressed activity)
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   YKGKAM Yukagaku.  Oil Chemistry.  (Nippon Yukagaku Kyokai, c/o Yushi Kogyo
   Kaikan, 3-13-11 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan)  V.5-    1956-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 26,169,1977
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   ABCHA6 Agricultural and Biological Chemistry.  (Maruzen Co. Ltd., POB 5050,
   Tokyo International, Tokyo 100-31, Japan)  V.25-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 44,1989,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   ABCHA6 Agricultural and Biological Chemistry.  (Maruzen Co. Ltd., POB 5050,
   Tokyo International, Tokyo 100-31, Japan)  V.25-    1961-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 50,261,1986
 
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