*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FZ3440000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cholanthrene-9,10-diol, 9,10-dihydro-3-methyl-, (E)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 68688-87-9
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C21-H18-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 302.39
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E6 D6656 1A T FUT&&T&J HQ IQ R1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benz(j)aceanthrylene-9,10-diol, 1,2,9,10-tetrahydro-3-methyl-, trans-
   * trans-9,10-Dihydro-9,10-dihydroxy-3-methylcholanthrene
   * trans-3-Methyl-9,10-dihydrocholanthrene-9,10-diol
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 378 ng/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,223,1985
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,1568,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION           : 250 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,1568,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   28,223,1985
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
   CALEDQ Cancer Letters (Shannon, Ireland).  (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
   Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland)  V.1-    1975- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,45,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   BBRCA9 Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications.  (Academic
   Press, Inc., 1 E. First St., Duluth, MN 55802)  V.1-    1959-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 85,1568,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: V79 cell culture-gene mutation
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/limited: Carcinogenicity-mouse/rat

 
                            *** END OF RECORD ***