*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : FZ7525000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Cholest-6-en-3-beta-ol, 5-alpha-hydroperoxide
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 3328-25-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199712
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 2
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C27-H46-O3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 418.73
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L E5 B666 KUTJ A1 E1 FY1&3Y1&1 MOQ OQ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * delta(sup 6)-Cholesten-3-beta-ol-5-alpha-hydroperoxyd
   * Cholesterol-5-alpha-hydroperoxide
   * Hydroperoxide, 3-beta-hydroxy-5-alpha-cholest-6-en-5-yl
   * 3-beta-Hydroxy-5-alpha-cholest-6-ene-5-hydroperoxide
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Intraperitoneal
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - neoplastic by RTECS criteria
   Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
   STRAAA Strahlentherapie.  (Urban & Schwarzenberg, Postfach 202440, D-8000
   Munich 2, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.1-    1912-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   124,626,1964
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 3600 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 161,39,1986
 
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