*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : OB6347000
CHEMICAL NAME           : Ketone, (5-nitro-2-furyl) methyl
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 5275-69-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 5
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H5-N-O4
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 155.12
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T5OJ BV1 ENW
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Drug
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Acetyl-5-nitrofuran
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                        ** ACUTE TOXICITY DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Subcutaneous
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 200 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SGOBA9 Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics.  (Franklin H. Martin Memorial
   Foundation, 55 E. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60611)  V.1-    1905-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 83,73,1946
 
TYPE OF TEST            : LD50 - Lethal dose, 50 percent kill
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - mouse
DOSE/DURATION           : 400 mg/kg
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Details of toxic effects not reported other than lethal dose value
REFERENCE :
   SGOBA9 Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics.  (Franklin H. Martin Memorial
   Foundation, 55 E. Erie St., Chicago, IL 60611)  V.1-    1905-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 83,73,1946
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 8 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   CNREA8 Cancer Research. (Public Ledger Building, Suit 816, 6th & Chestnut
   Sts., Philadelphia, PA 19106)  V.1-    1941-  Volume(issue)/page/year:
   35,3611,1975
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Microorganism - not otherwise specified
DOSE/DURATION           : 1000 ppm
REFERENCE :
   APMBAY Applied Microbiology.  (Washington, DC)  V.1-30, 1953-75.  For
   publisher information, see AEMIDF.  Volume(issue)/page/year: 6,45,1958

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test

 
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