*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : SF7875000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Phenanthrenequinone
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 84-11-7
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0608838
REFERENCE               : 4-07-00-02565 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C14-H8-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 208.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L B666 HVVJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Agricultural Chemical
                          Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 9,10-Phenanthraquinone
   * Phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydro-9,10-dioxo-
   * 9,10-Phenanthrenedione
   * 9,10-Phenanthrenequinone
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 165 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   HBTXAC "Handbook of Toxicology," 4 vols., Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Co.,
   1956-59  Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,110,1959
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 800 mg/kg/29W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   PIATA8 Proceedings of the Imperial Academy of Tokyo.  (Tokyo, Japan) V.1-21,
   1912-45.  For publisher information, see PJACAW. Volume(issue)/page/year:
   16,309,1940
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 30 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   PNASA6 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
   of America.  (National Academy of Sciences, Printing & Pub. Office, 2101
   Constitution Ave., Washington, DC 20418) V.1-    1915-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 81,1696,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,337,1979

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - X5889
       No. of Facilities: 306 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 4
       No. of Occupations: 4
       No. of Employees: 3675 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 632 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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