*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CU3859000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benz(c)acridine, 7-methyl-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3340-94-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0179219
REFERENCE               : 5-20-08-00528 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C18-H13-N
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 243.32
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T D6 B666 CNJ J1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 7-Methylbenz(c)acridine
   * 9-Methyl-3,4-benzacridine
   * 10-Methyl-7,8-benzacridine
   * 7-Methylbenzo(c)acridine
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 240 mg/kg/20W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - chronic pulmonary edema
   Lungs, Thorax, or Respiration - bronchiolar constriction
REFERENCE :
   ACRSAJ Advances in Cancer Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 465 S. Lincoln
   Dr., Troy, MO 63379) V.1-    1953-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,315,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   VOONAW Voprosy Onkologii.  Problems of Oncology.  For English translation,
   see PONCAU. (V/O Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga, 113095 Moscow, USSR)  V.1-10,
   1928-37; V.1-    1955-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,52,1955
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 66,307,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,23,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 7,23,1986
 
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