*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : CB6580000
CHEMICAL NAME : Anthraquinone, 1,2-dihydroxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 72-48-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1914037
REFERENCE : 4-08-00-03256 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C14-H8-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 240.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L C666 BV IVJ EQ FQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen
Primary Irritant
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Alizarin
* Alizarina
* Alizarin B
* Alizarine
* Alizarine B
* Alizarine 3B
* Alizarine indicator
* Alizarine Lake Red 2P
* Alizarine Lake Red 3P
* Alizarine Lake Red IPX
* Alizarine L paste
* Alizarine NAC
* Alizarine paste 20% bluish
* Alizarine Red
* Alizarine Red B
* Alizarine Red B2
* Alizarine Red IP
* Alizarine Red IPP
* Alizarine Red L
* Alizarinprimeveroside
* Alizarin Red
* 9,10-Anthracenedione, 1,2-dihydroxy-
* 1,2-Anthraquinonediol
* Certiqual Alizarine
* C.I. 58000
* C.I. Mordant Red 11
* C.I. Pigment Red 83
* D and C Orange No. 15
* Deep Crimson Madder 10821
* 1,2-Dihydroxyanthrachinon
* 1,2-Dihydroxyanthraquinone
* 1,2-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone
* Eljon madder
* Mitsui Alizarine B
* Sanyo Carmine L2B
* Turkey Red
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** SKIN/EYE IRRITATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Standard Draize test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration into the eye
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION : 500 mg/24H
REACTION SEVERITY : Mild
REFERENCE :
85JCAE "Prehled Prumyslove Toxikologie; Organicke Latky," Marhold, J.,
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Avicenum, 1986 Volume(issue)/page/year: -,653,1986
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED : Bird - wild bird species
DOSE/DURATION : 316 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
AECTCV Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology.
(Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ
070944) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 12,355,1983
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 40,203,1976
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION : 2 mg/disc
REFERENCE :
TRENAF Kenkyu Nenpo--Tokyo-toritsu Eisei Kenkyusho. Annual Report of Tokyo
Metropolitan Research Laboratory of Public Health. (Tokyo-toritsu Eisei
Kenkyusho, 24-1, 3-chome, Hyakunin-cho, Shin-juku-ku, Tokyo 160, Japan) V.1-
1949/50- Volume(issue)/page/year: 27,153,1976
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 240,1,1990
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 240,1,1990
*** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***
NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
NOES Hazard Code - X3295
No. of Facilities: 192 (estimated)
No. of Industries: 9
No. of Occupations: 9
No. of Employees: 3003 (estimated)
No. of Female Employees: 1199 (estimated)
*** STATUS IN U.S. ***
EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: B subtilis rec assay
EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY
*** END OF RECORD ***