*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZD5500000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 3H-Xanthen-6-amine, N-methyl-3-(methylimino)-,
                          hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2465-29-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199706
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H15-N2-O.Cl
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 274.77
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BO EYJ EUN1 MM1 &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Acridine Red
   * Acridine Red 3B
   * Acridine red, hydrochloride
   * C.I. 45000
   * Dimethyldiaminoxanthenyl chloride
   * Xanthylium, 3,6-bis(methylamino)-, chloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1215 mg/kg/59W-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:
   47,153,1956
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   AMNTA4 American Naturalist.  (Univ. of Chicago Press, Journals Div., POB
   37005, Chicago, IL 60637) V.1-    1867-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   87,295,1953

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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