*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : CV5603000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzamide, p-(2-(5-nitro-2-furyl)vinyl)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 1553-59-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H10-N2-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 258.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5OJ BNW E1U1R DVZ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzamide, 4-(2-(5-nitro-2-furanyl)ethenyl)-
   * H-193
   * 5-Nitro-2-(p-carbamoylstyryl)furane
   * 4-(2-(5-Nitro-2-furanyl)ethenyl)benzamide
   * p-(2-(5-Nitro-2-furyl)vinyl)benzamide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 900 umol/L/3D
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,95,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Mold - Neurospora crassa
DOSE/DURATION           : 150 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,13,1977

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: N crassa-forward mutation; N
   crassa-reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal; S
   cerevisiae-homozygosis
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-reversion

 
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