*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ZE5775000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2,5-Xylenol
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 95-87-4
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1099260
REFERENCE               : 4-06-00-03164 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 8
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H10-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 122.18
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR B1 E1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2,5-Dimethylphenol
   * 3,6-Dimethylphenol
   * 2,5-Dmp
   * 6-Methyl-m-cresol
   * p-Xylenol
   * 1,2,5-Xylenol
 
                       *** 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           : 444 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   GTPPAF Gigiena Truda i Professional'naya Patologiya v Estonskoi SSR.  Labor
   Hygiene and Occupational Pathology in the Estonian SSR.  (Institut
   Eksperimental'noi i Klinicheskoi Meditsiny Ministerstva Zdravookhraneniya
   Estonskoi SSR, Tallinn, USSR)  V.8-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   8,145,1972
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Unreported
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 730 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - convulsions or effect on seizure threshold
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: 53,227,1935
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 383 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR).  English translation of GISAAA.
   (Springfield, VA)  1964-71. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33(7-9),329,1968
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 938 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Behavioral - ataxia
   Behavioral - muscle contraction or spasticity
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - dyspnea
REFERENCE :
   HYSAAV Hygiene and Sanitation (USSR).  English translation of GISAAA.
   (Springfield, VA)  1964-71. Discontinued.  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   33(7-9),329,1968
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 4000 mg/kg/20W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19,413,1959

                          *** 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

 
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