*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : EE1520500
CHEMICAL NAME           : Bracken fern, chloroform fraction
SUBSTANCE DEFINITION :
   Chloroform fraction of tannin isolated from braken fern (Pteridium
   aquilinum)
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 65,131,1980
LAST UPDATED            : 199506
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
 
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                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 gm/kg/56W-C
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Gastrointestinal - colon tumors
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors
REFERENCE :
   JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute.  (Washington, DC)
   V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 65,131,1980
 
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