*** CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION ***

RTECS NUMBER            : TK6026700
CHEMICAL NAME           : 2-Pipecoline, 1-nitroso-
CAS REGISTRY NUMBER     : 7247-89-4
LAST UPDATED            : 199410
DATA ITEMS CITED        : 9
MOLECULAR FORMULA       : C6-H12-N2-O
MOLECULAR WEIGHT        : 128.20
WISWESSER LINE NOTATION : T6NTJ ANO B1
COMPOUND DESCRIPTOR     : Tumorigen
                          Mutagen
SYNONYMS/TRADE NAMES :
   * 2-Methylnitrosopiperidine
   * 1-Nitroso-2-pipecoline
 
                       *** HEALTH HAZARD DATA ***
 
                          ** TUMORIGENIC DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : TDLo - Lowest published toxic dose
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
SPECIES OBSERVED        : Rodent - rat
DOSE/DURATION           : 2520 mg/kg/50W-I
TOXIC EFFECTS :
   Tumorigenic - equivocal tumorigenic agent by RTECS criteria
   Gastrointestinal - tumors
   Liver - tumors
REFERENCE :
   IJCNAW International Journal of Cancer.  (International Union Against
   Cancer, 3 rue du Conseil- General, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland)  V.1-    1966-
   Volume(issue)/page/year: 16,318,1975
 
                            ** MUTATION DATA **
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Bacteria - Salmonella typhimurium
DOSE/DURATION           : 300 ug/plate
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 56,131,1977
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Sex chromosome loss and nondisjunction
ROUTE OF EXPOSURE       : Oral
TEST SYSTEM             : Insect - Drosophila melanogaster
DOSE/DURATION           : 5 mmol/L/24H
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 67,27,1979
 
TYPE OF TEST            : Mutation in microorganisms
TEST SYSTEM             : Yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae
DOSE/DURATION           : 50 mmol/L/24H
REFERENCE :
   MUREAV Mutation Research.  (Elsevier Science Pub. B.V., POB 211, 1000 AE
   Amsterdam, Netherlands) V.1-    1964-  Volume(issue)/page/year: 57,155,1978

                          *** STATUS IN U.S. ***
 
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: Histidine reversion-Ames test
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Positive: S cerevisiae-forward mutation; S
   cerevisiae-reversion
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Negative: D melanogaster-whole sex chrom. loss
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster-partial sex chrom.
   loss
   
   EPA GENETOX PROGRAM 1988, Inconclusive: D melanogaster Sex-linked lethal

 
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