*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LL8040000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Fluorene, nitro-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 55345-04-5
LAST UPDATED            : 199710
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C13-H9-N-O2
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 211.23
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : L B656 HHJ XNW
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 9H-Fluorene, nitro-
   * Nitrofluorene
   * Nitro-9H-fluorene
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 1 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   BIJOAK Biochemical Journal.  (Biochemical Soc. Book Depot, POB 32, Commerce
   Way, Colchester, Essex CO2 8HP, UK)  V.1-    1906- Volume(issue)/page/year:
   188,867,1980
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 1360 umol/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 272,145,1992
 
TYPE OF TEST            : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Bacillus subtilis
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 ug/disc
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 97,1,1982

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: TRP reversion
   
   EPA TSCA TEST SUBMISSION (TSCATS) DATA BASE, JUNE 1998

 
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