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TR-278 2,6-Xylidine

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 278

Produced from Chemtrack Database 09/19/01

CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
2,6-XYLIDINE
87-62-7
09/22/82 CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATE FOR DYES. (TDB) Dosed-Feed 0,300,1000,3000 PPM/56 ANIMALS PER GROUP Litton Bionetics, Inc.
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
MR: POSITIVE NASAL CAVITY: ADENOMA 0/56 0/56 2/56 10/56; CARCINOMA 0/56 0/56 0/56 26/56
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE: FIBROMA 0/56 1/56 2/56 4/56; FIBROSARCOMA 0/56 1/56 0/56 1/56
FR: POSITIVE NASAL CAVITY: ADENOMA 0/56 0/56 1/56 6/56; CARCINOMA 0/56 0/56 1/56 24/56
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE: FIBROMA 0/56 2/56 1/56 4/56; FIBROSARCOMA 1/56 0/56 1/56 3/56
LIVER: NEOPLASTIC NODULE 0/56 1/56 2/56 4/56