*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION *** RTECS NUMBER : RM2980820 CHEMICAL NAME : Ornithine, L- CAS REGISTRY NUMBER : 70-26-8 BEILSTEIN REFERENCE NO. : 1722298 REFERENCE : 4-04-00-02644 (Beilstein Handbook Reference) LAST UPDATED : 199701 DATA ITEMS CITED : 4 MOLECULAR FORMULA : C5-H12-N2-O2 MOLECULAR WEIGHT : 132.19 COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR : Mutagen SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES : * (S)-2,5-Diaminopentanoic acid * (S)-alpha,delta-Diaminovaleric acid * Ornithine * L-(-)-Ornithine * (S)-Ornithine * Pentanoic acid, 2,5-diamino-, (S)- *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA *** ** MUTATION DATA ** TYPE OF TEST : Sister chromatid exchange TEST SYSTEM : Human Lymphocyte DOSE/DURATION : 10 mg/L REFERENCE : MUREAV Mutation Research. (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1- 1964- Volume(issue)/page/year: 372,75,1996 *** NIOSH STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT AND SURVEILLANCE DATA *** NIOSH OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE SURVEY DATA : NOES - National Occupational Exposure Survey (1983) NOES Hazard Code - X2605 No. of Facilities: 420 (estimated) No. of Industries: 1 No. of Occupations: 5 No. of Employees: 3259 (estimated) No. of Female Employees: 2648 (estimated) *** STATUS IN U.S. *** EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Sperm morphology-human EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY *** END OF RECORD ***