*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DJ5034000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Benzo(a)pyrene, 7,8-dihydro-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy,
                          syn-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 60268-86-2
LAST UPDATED            : 199801
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 6
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C20-H14-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 302.34
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T E3 D6 B6666 2AB U FOTT&&&&J HQ IQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * syn-Benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-oxide
   * Benzo(a)pyrene, 7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-, syn-
   * syn-BP-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-oxide
   * trans-7,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene, syn
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 20 ng/plate
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   44,4993,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 379,43,1997
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   IJCNAW International Journal of Cancer.  (International Union Against
   Cancer, 3 rue du Conseil- General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland)  V.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 24,203,1979

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: SHE-clonal assay; Histidine
   reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: V79 cell culture-gene mutation
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/dose response: Cell transform.-mouse
   prostate

 
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