*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : UL0560000
CHEMICAL NAME : Protocatechuic acid
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 99-50-3
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1448841
REFERENCE : 4-10-00-01459 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C7-H6-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 154.13
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QVR CQ DQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Benzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy-
* 3,4-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
* 4,5-Dihydroxybenzoic acid
*** 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 : >800 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
JPETAB Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. (Williams &
Wilkins Co., 428 E. Preston St., Baltimore, MD 21202) V.1- 1909/10-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 196,478,1976
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology. (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523) V.1- 1958- Volume(issue)/page/year:
29,1275,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 300 mg/L
REFERENCE :
EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis. (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
11th St., New York, NY 10003) V.10- 1987- Volume(issue)/page/year:
11,523,1988
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 3 gm/L
REFERENCE :
CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland). (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
14,251,1981
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998
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