*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : WW8740000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Tartronaldehyde
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 497-15-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1740168
REFERENCE               : 4-01-00-04145 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C3-H4-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 88.07
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHYQVH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Glucic acid
   * Glucose-reductone
   * Hydroxypropanedial
   * Propanedial, hydroxy-
   * Reductone
   * Tartronal
   * Tartronic aldehyde
   * Triose reductone
 
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                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 232,31,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 25 ug/tube
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 232,31,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 gm/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 232,31,1990
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sperm Morphology
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - silkworm
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 ug
REFERENCE :
   EISOAU Eiyo to Shokuryo.  Food and Nutrition.  (Tokyo, Japan)  V.10-35,
   1957-82.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 34,367,1981
 
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