*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : ET6400000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Butyric acid, sodium salt
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 156-54-7
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 14
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C4-H8-O2.Na
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 111.11
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : OV3 &-NA-
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Butanoic acid, sodium salt
   * Butyrate sodium
   * Sodium butanoate
   * Sodium butyrate
   * Sodium n-butyrate
   * Sodium propanecarboxylate
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Non-mammalian species Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CBRPDS Cell Biology International Reports.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   5,691,1981
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   42,1052,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CELLB5 Cell (Cambridge, Mass.).  (MIT Press, 28 Carleton St., Cambridge, MA
   02142)  V.1-    1974-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,691,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,2929,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,713,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   ECREAL Experimental Cell Research.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
   Duluth, MN 55802) V.10-    1950-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 141,283,1982
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   46,713,1986
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   48,6560,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   48,6560,1988
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - rat Cells - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   INOPAO Investigative Ophthalmology.  (St. Louis, MO)  V.1-15, 1962-76.  For
   publisher information, see IOVSDA.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 13,210,1974
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - domestic Mammary gland
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CBRPDS Cell Biology International Reports.  (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E.
   First St., Duluth, MN 55802) V.1-    1977-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   11,557,1987
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM             : Mammal - cattle Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION           : 4 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions.  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1969-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   51,141,1984

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NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA :
   NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983)
     NOES Hazard Code - 82158
       No. of Facilities: 22 (estimated)
       No. of Industries: 1
       No. of Occupations: 2
       No. of Employees: 184 (estimated)
       No. of Female Employees: 101 (estimated)

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   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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