*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : CF1934200 CHEMICAL NAME : Arginine, L- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 74-79-3 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1725413 REFERENCE : 4-04-00-02648 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199710 DATA ITEMS CITED : 7 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C6-H14-N4-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 174.24 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * Arginine * (L)-Arginine * L-(+)-Arginine *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral TEST SYSTEM : Insect - grasshopper DOSE/DURATION : 100 mmol/L REFERENCE : IJEBA6 Indian Journal of Experimental Biology. (Publications & Information Directorate, CSIR, Hillside Rd., New Delhi 110 012, India) V.1- 1963- Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,460,1986 TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte 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: 372,75,1996 *** OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMITS *** OEL-RUSSIA:STEL 10 mg/m3 JAN 1993 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X3074 No. of Facilities: 685 (estimated) No. of Industries: 3 No. of Occupations: 14 No. of Employees: 19298 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 15719 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY EPA TSCA Section 8(d) unpublished health/safety studies EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998 *** END OF RECORD ***