*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CU6540000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-4-methoxy-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 621-59-0
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1073021
REFERENCE               : 4-08-00-01764 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 4
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C8-H8-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 152.16
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : VHR CQ DO1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * p-Anisaldehyde, 3-hydroxy-
   * 5-Formylguaiacol
   * 3-Hydroxy-p-anisaldehyde
   * Isovanillin
   * Isovanilline
   * Oxy-3 methoxy-4 benzaldehyde
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1276 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   COREAF Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances, Academie des Sciences.
   (Paris, France)  V.1-261, 1835-1965.  For publisher information, see CRASEV.
    Volume(issue)/page/year: 243,609,1956
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intravenous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Mammal - dog
DOSE/DURATION           : 1470 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   APFRAD Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises.  (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil,
   France)  V.1-    1943-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 14,456,1956
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 1500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 206,17,1988

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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