*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : DU9650000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 4-Biphenylamine, hydrochloride
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 2113-61-3
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C12-H11-N.Cl-H
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 205.70
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : ZR DR &GH
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * p-Aminobiphenyl hydrochloride
   * 4-Aminobiphenyl hydrochloride
   * (1,1'-Biphenyl)-4-amine hydrochloride
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   4,21,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA adduct
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 840 mg/kg/28D (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,1887,1992

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
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