*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DH2800000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzoic acid, p-hydroxy-, propyl ester
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 94-13-3
OTHER CAS REGISTRY NOS. : 59593-07-6
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1103245
REFERENCE               : 4-10-00-00374 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 10
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C10-H12-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 180.22
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : QR DVO3
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Aseptoform P
   * Benzoic acid, 4-hydroxy-, propyl ester
   * Betacide P
   * Bonomold OP
   * p-Hydroxybenzoic acid propyl ester
   * p-Hydroxypropyl benzoate
   * Nipasol
   * Nipasol M
   * p-Oxybenzoesaurepropylester
   * Paraben
   * Parasept
   * Paseptol
   * Preserval P
   * Propyl aseptoform
   * Propyl chemosept
   * Propylester kyseliny p-hydroxybenzoove
   * Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
   * n-Propyl p-hydroxybenzoate
   * Propylparaben
   * Propylparasept
   * Protaben P
   * Tegosept P
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 6332 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NEZAAQ Nippon Eiseigaku Zasshi.  Japanese Journal of Hygiene.  (Nippon Eisei
   Gakkai, c/o Kyoto Daigaku Igakubu, Konoe-cho, Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606,
   Japan)  V.1-    1946-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 28,463,1973
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   NTIS** National Technical Information Service.  (Springfield, VA 22161)
   Formerly U.S. Clearinghouse for Scientific & Technical Information.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: AD691-490
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 1650 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AIPTAK Archives Internationales de Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie. (Heymans
   Institute of Pharmacology, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium)  V.4-   
   1898-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 128,135,1960
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LDLo - Lowest published lethal dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rabbit
DOSE/DURATION           : 6 gm/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   AEPPAE Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archiv fuer Experimentelle Pathologie und
   Pharmakologie.  (Berlin, Ger.) V.110-253, 1925-66.  For publisher
   information, see NSAPCC.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 146,208,1929

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   TOXICOLOGY REVIEW
   ARZNAD Arzneimittel-Forschung. Drug Research.  (Editio Cantor Verlag,
   Postfach 1255, W-7960 Aulendorf, Fed. Rep. Ger.)  V.1-    1951-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,575,1954

                    *** U.S. STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS ***
 
   EPA FIFRA 1988 PESTICIDE SUBJECT TO REGISTRATION OR RE-REGISTRATION
   FEREAC Federal Register.  (U.S. Government Printing Office, Supt. of
   Documents, Washington, DC 20402) V.1-    1936-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   54,7740,1989

         *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA ***

NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOHS - National Occupational Hazard Survey (1974)
     NOHS Hazard Code - 80496
       No. of Facilities: 2827 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 21
       No. of Occupations: 36
       No. of Employees: 48242 (estimated)
   
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 80496
       No. of Facilities: 13566 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 86
       No. of Occupations: 117
       No. of Employees: 526606 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 355310 (estimated)

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***