*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TM2470000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Piperazine, 1-nitroso-3,4,5-trimethyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 88208-15-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H15-N3-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 157.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6N DNTJ A1 B1 DNO F1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Nitroso-3,4,5-trimethylpiperazine
   * N-Nitroso-3,4,5-trimethylpiperazine
   * 1-Nitroso-3,4,5-trimethylpiperazine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 270 mg/kg/30W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1165,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION           : 2208 mg/kg/46W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1165,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 660 mg/kg/30W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - tumors
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,1165,1983
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1430 mg/kg/26W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Blood - leukemia
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   41,1034,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1100 mg/kg/27W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Sense Organs and Special Senses (Olfaction) - tumors
   Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
REFERENCE :
   IAPUDO IARC Publications.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave.,
   Albany, NY 12210) No.27-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,617,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - hamster
DOSE/DURATION           : 2202 mg/kg/59W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - tumors
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
REFERENCE :
   IAPUDO IARC Publications.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave.,
   Albany, NY 12210) No.27-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,617,1984
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   TCMUE9 Topics in Chemical Mutagenesis.  (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring
   Street, New York, NY 10013) V.1-    1984-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   1,13,1984
 
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