*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : VB2275000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 6-Quinolinecarboxylic acid, 4-nitro-, 1-oxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1425-67-8
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0483777
REFERENCE               : 5-22-03-00216 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H6-N2-O5
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 234.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T66 BNJ BO ENW HVQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 6-Carboxy-4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide
   * 6-Carboxyl-4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide
   * 4-Nitroquinoline-6-carboxylic acid 1-oxide
   * 4-Nitro-6-quinolinecarboxylic acid 1-oxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 90 mg/kg/20W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   GANNA2 Gann.  Japanese Journal of Cancer Research.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.1-75,
   1907-84.  For publisher information, see JJCREP.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   58,397,1967
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 120 mg/kg/50D-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   BCPCA6 Biochemical Pharmacology.  (Pergamon Press Inc., Maxwell House,
   Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523)  V.1-    1958-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   16,631,1967
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/well
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,2369,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/well
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   32,2369,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   IGSBAL Igaku to Seibutsugaku.  Medicine and Biology.  (c/o Ogato Igaku
   Kagaku Kenkyusho, 2-3-5 Bakuro-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103, Japan)
   V.1-    1942-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,127,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,521,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   NATUAS Nature.  (Nature Subscription Dept., POB 1018, Manasguan, NJ 08736)
   V.1-    1869-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 229,416,1971
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Kidney
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   PPTCBY Proceedings of the International Symposium of the Princess Takamatsu
   Cancer Research Fund. (Japan Scientific Soc. Press, 6-2-10 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku,
   Tokyo 113, Japan)  1st-    1971-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 2,17,1972

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   RRCRBU Recent Results in Cancer Research.  (Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.,
   Service Center, 44 Hartz Way, Secaucus, NJ 07094)  V.1-    1965-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 34,32,1971

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: E coli polA without S9

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***