*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : XU7525000
CHEMICAL NAME           : p-Toluidine, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 540-23-8
LAST UPDATED            : 199709
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C7-H9-N.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 143.63
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR D1 &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 4-Aminotoluene hydrochloride
   * Benzenamine, 4-methyl-, hydrochloride
   * 4-Methylaniline hydrochloride
   * p-Methylanilinium chloride
   * 4-Methylanilinium chloride
   * 4-Methylbenzenamine hydrochloride
   * p-Toluidinium chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1285 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: 167,223,1969
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 265 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NCIBR* Progress Report for Contract No. NIH-NCI-E-68-1311, Submitted to the
   National Cancer Institute by Bio-Research Consultants, Inc. (9 Commercial
   Ave., Cambridge, MA 02141)  Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-E-68-1311,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 399 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NCIBR* Progress Report for Contract No. NIH-NCI-E-68-1311, Submitted to the
   National Cancer Institute by Bio-Research Consultants, Inc. (9 Commercial
   Ave., Cambridge, MA 02141)  Volume(issue)/page/year: NCI-E-68-1311,1973
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 86 gm/kg/78W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   JEPTDQ Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology.  (Park Forest
   South, IL)  V.1-5(3), 1977-81(?).  For publisher information, see JEPOEC.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(2),325,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TD - Toxic dose (other than lowest)
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 43 gm/kg/78W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   JEPTDQ Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology.  (Park Forest
   South, IL)  V.1-5(3), 1977-81(?).  For publisher information, see JEPOEC.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 2(2),325,1978

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 83316
       No. of Facilities: 14 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 1
       No. of Employees: 85 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-homozygosis
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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