*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : HM9799000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Dibenz(a,e)aceanthrylene
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5385-75-1
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 2120920
REFERENCE               : 4-05-00-02801 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED            : 199701
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 7
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C24-H14
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 302.38
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L C65 K666 S6 1A A&J
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * Dibenzo(a,e)fluoranthene
   * 2,3,5,6-Dibenzofluoranthene
 
                       *** 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           : 2880 ug/kg/15W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - Carcinogenic by RTECS criteria
   Skin and Appendages - tumors
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 8,461,1987
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 500 nmol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,1263,1984
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM             : Rodent - mouse Embryo
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   CRNGDP Carcinogenesis (London). (Oxford Univ. Press, Pinkhill House,
   Southfield Road, Eynsham, Oxford OX8 1JJ, UK)  V.1-    1980-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 5,379,1984

                              *** REVIEWS ***
 
   IARC Cancer Review:Animal Limited Evidence
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,321,1983

   IARC Cancer Review:Human No Adequate Data
   IMEMDT IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk of Chemicals
   to Man.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)
   V.1-    1972-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 32,321,1983

   IARC Cancer Review:Group 3
   IMSUDL IARC Monographs, Supplement.  (WHO Publications Centre USA, 49
   Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210)  No.1-    1979-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   7,56,1987

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   On EPA IRIS database

 
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