*** 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)-
 
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                            ** 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

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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)

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   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: Sperm morphology-human
   
   EPA TSCA Section 8(b) CHEMICAL INVENTORY

 
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