*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***
RTECS NUMBER : AR7600000
CHEMICAL NAME : Acridine, 3,6-bis(dimethylamino)-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 494-38-2
BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 0020916
REFERENCE : 4-22-00-05490 (Beilstein Handbook Reference)
LAST UPDATED : 199612
DATA ITEMS CITED : 49
MOLECULAR FORMULA : C17-H19-N3
MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 265.39
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T C666 BNJ EN1&1 MN1&1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Tumorigen
Drug
Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
* Acridinediamine, N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-
* Acridine Orange Base
* Acridine Orange Free Base
* 2,8-Bisdimethylaminoacridine
* 3,6-Bis(dimethylamino)acridine
* 3,6-Bis-(dimethylamino)akridin
* Brilliant Acridine Orange E
* C.I. 46005B
* C.I. No. 46005:1
* C.I. Solvent Orange 15
* 3,6-Di(dimethylamino)acridine
* Euchrysine
* Oranz akridinova
* Oranz rozpoustedlova 15
* Rhoduline Orange
* Rhoduline Orange N
* N,N,N',N'-Tetramethyl-3,6-acridinediamine
* N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylacridinediamine
* Waxoline Orange A
*** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 250 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
BJEPA5 British Journal of Experimental Pathology. (Blackwell Scientific
Pub. Ltd., POB 88, Oxford, UK) V.1- 1920- Volume(issue)/page/year:
28,1,1947
** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Administration onto the skin
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 6630 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,587,1969
TYPE OF TEST : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 657 mg/kg/63W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
Blood - lymphoma, including Hodgkin's disease
Tumorigenic - tumors at site of application
REFERENCE :
BJCAAI British Journal of Cancer. (Macmillan Press Ltd., Houndmills,
Basingstoke, Hants. RG21 2XS, UK) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
23,587,1969
** MUTATION DATA **
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 20 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
BICMBE Biochimie. (SPPIF, B.P.22, F-41353 Vineuil, France) V.53- 1971-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 60,1011,1978
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 3300 ug/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 192,239,1987
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION : 5000 ppm
REFERENCE :
AGACBH Agents and Actions, A Swiss Journal of Pharmacology. (Birkhaeuser
Verlag, POB 133, CH-4010 Basel, Switzerland) V.1- 1969/70-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 4,286,1974
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 2 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 51,279,1978
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation test systems - not otherwise specified
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 171,83,1986
TYPE OF TEST : DNA repair
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 20 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,873,1979
TYPE OF TEST : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 5 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 89,95,1981
TYPE OF TEST : Phage inhibition capacity
TEST SYSTEM : Bacteria - Escherichia coli
DOSE/DURATION : 2 ug/well
REFERENCE :
ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (New York Academy of
Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021) V.1- 1877-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 463,347,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 10 ug/L
REFERENCE :
MIBLAO Microbiology (Moscow). (Plenum Pub. Corp., 233 Spring St., New York,
NY 10013) V.26- 1957- Volume(issue)/page/year: 49,223,1980
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
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: 35,65,1976
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 16 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JMOBAK Journal of Molecular Biology. (Academic Press, Inc., 1 E. First St.,
Duluth, MN 55802) V.1- 1959- Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,762,1961
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 400 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JDREAF Journal of Dental Research. (International Assoc. for Dental
Research, 734 15th St., NW, Suite 809, Washington, DC 20005) V.1- 1919-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 55,266,1976
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 40 umol/L
REFERENCE :
GENTAE Genetics. (Genetics Business Office, POB 64025, Baltimore, MD 21264)
V.1- 1916- Volume(issue)/page/year: 90,1,1978
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
BBACAQ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211,
1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
652,55,1981
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MGGEAE Molecular and General Genetics. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl.
3, D-1000 Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.99- 1967-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 150,301,1977
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
NNBYA7 Nature (London), New Biology. (Basingstoke, Hants., UK) V.229-246,
1971-73. For publisher information, see NATUAS. Volume(issue)/page/year:
232,143,1971
TYPE OF TEST : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
AMNTA4 American Naturalist. (Univ. of Chicago Press, Journals Div., POB
37005, Chicago, IL 60637) V.1- 1867- Volume(issue)/page/year:
87,295,1953
TYPE OF TEST : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Oral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION : 500 umol/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 138,169,1984
TYPE OF TEST : Gene conversion and mitotic recombination
TEST SYSTEM : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION : 50 ppm
REFERENCE :
JJIND8 JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC)
V.61-79, 1978-87. For publisher information, see JNCIEQ.
Volume(issue)/page/year: 62,901,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - silkworm
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 20,67,1973
TYPE OF TEST : Sperm Morphology
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM : Insect - silkworm
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug
REFERENCE :
IDZAAW Japanese Journal of Genetics. Idengaku Zasshi. (Genetics Soc. of
Japan, 111 Tanida, Mishima, Shizuoka-ken, Japan) V.1- 1921-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 47,331,1972
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Fish - salmon Sperm
DOSE/DURATION : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
ANYAA9 Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. (New York Academy of
Sciences, 2 E. 63rd St., New York, NY 10021) V.1- 1877-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 153,744,1968
TYPE OF TEST : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM : Human Bone marrow
DOSE/DURATION : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106) V.1- 1941- Volume(issue)/page/year:
49,3692,1989
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Human Fibroblast
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/L
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 21,151,1981
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
TEST SYSTEM : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION : 2 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: 13,2389,1992
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Human HeLa cell
DOSE/DURATION : 10 umol/L
REFERENCE :
TXCYAC Toxicology. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland, Ltd., POB 85,
Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1973- Volume(issue)/page/year: 9,21,1978
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 68,295,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - rat Liver
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mmol/L
REFERENCE :
ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis. (New York, NY) V.1-9, 1979-87. For
publisher information, see EMMUEG. Volume(issue)/page/year: 3,11,1981
TYPE OF TEST : Micronucleus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 170,75,1986
TYPE OF TEST : Specific locus test
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 100 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
ARTODN Archives of Toxicology. (Springer-Verlag, Heidelberger Pl. 3, D-1000
Berlin 33, Fed. Rep. Ger.) V.32- 1974- Volume(issue)/page/year:
38,87,1977
TYPE OF TEST : DNA damage
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Ascites tumor
DOSE/DURATION : 20 umol/L
REFERENCE :
BBACAQ Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211,
1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1947- Volume(issue)/page/year:
374,96,1974
TYPE OF TEST : DNA inhibition
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Intraperitoneal
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION : 200 mg/kg
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 46,305,1977
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - mouse Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 2500 ug/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 125,291,1984
TYPE OF TEST : Morphological transformation
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Embryo
DOSE/DURATION : 1 ug/L
REFERENCE :
NCIMAV National Cancer Institute, Monograph. (U.S. Government Printing
Office, Supt. of Documents, Washington, DC 20402) No.1- 1959-
Volume(issue)/page/year: 58,243,1981
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC) V.1-60,
1940-78. For publisher information, see JJIND8. Volume(issue)/page/year:
59,289,1977
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 20 umol/L/5H (Continuous)
REFERENCE :
ENMUDM Environmental Mutagenesis. (New York, NY) V.1-9, 1979-87. For
publisher information, see EMMUEG. Volume(issue)/page/year: 1,27,1979
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Lung
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
JNCIAM Journal of the National Cancer Institute. (Washington, DC) V.1-60,
1940-78. For publisher information, see JJIND8. Volume(issue)/page/year:
59,289,1977
TYPE OF TEST : Mutation in mammalian somatic cells
TEST SYSTEM : Rodent - hamster Ovary
DOSE/DURATION : 1 mg/L
REFERENCE :
MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 94,449,1982
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - domestic Kidney
DOSE/DURATION : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1969- Volume(issue)/page/year:
13,243,1976
TYPE OF TEST : DNA adduct
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 10 pph
REFERENCE :
BIPMAA Biopolymers. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 605 Third Ave., New York, NY
10158) V.1- 1963- Volume(issue)/page/year: 11,2537,1972
TYPE OF TEST : Unscheduled DNA synthesis
TEST SYSTEM : Mammal - species unspecified Lymphocyte
DOSE/DURATION : 1 umol/L
REFERENCE :
CBINA8 Chemico-Biological Interactions. (Elsevier Scientific Pub. Ireland
Ltd., POB 85, Limerick, Ireland) V.1- 1969- Volume(issue)/page/year:
8,113,1974
TYPE OF TEST : Cytogenetic analysis
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION : 1695 ug/kg
REFERENCE :
47JMAE "Cytogenetic Assays of Environmental Mutagens," Hsu, T.C., ed.,
Totowa, NJ, Allanheld, Osmun & Co., 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year:
-,137,1982
TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE : Parenteral
TEST SYSTEM : Bird - chicken
DOSE/DURATION : 1695 ug/kg
REFERENCE :
47JMAE "Cytogenetic Assays of Environmental Mutagens," Hsu, T.C., ed.,
Totowa, NJ, Allanheld, Osmun & Co., 1982 Volume(issue)/page/year:
-,137,1982
*** REVIEWS ***
IARC Cancer Review:Animal Inadequate 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: 16,145,1978
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: 16,145,1978
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
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