*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : LT7527000
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Furaldehyde, 5-nitro-, oxime, (Z)- (8CI)
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 6236-05-1
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C5-H4-N2-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 156.11
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-nitro-, oxime, (Z)-
   * Micofur
   * NF 6
   * (Z)-Nitrofuraldoxime
   * Nifuroxime
   * Nitrofuroxime
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 2 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 53,289,1978
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION           : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
   BJCSB5 British Journal of Cancer, Supplement.  (Macmillan Press Ltd.,
   Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2ZS, UK)  No.1-    1973-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,124,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive/dose response: TRP reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: TRP reversion

 
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