*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : GY5280000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 4H-Cyclopenta(def)phenanthrene
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 203-64-5
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2043908
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-02409 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199803
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 3
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C15-H10
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 190.25
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L566 B6 2AB O DHJ
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Benzo(def)fluorene
   * Methylenephenanthrene
   * 4,5-Methylenephenanthrene
   * 4,5-Phenanthrylenemethane
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 3000 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Kidney, Ureter, Bladder - Kidney tumors
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   26,619,1966
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   EMMUEG Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis.  (Alan R. Liss, Inc., 41 E.
   11th St., New York, NY 10003)  V.10-    1987-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   19(Suppl 21),2,1992

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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