3,3'-dimethylbenzidine.2hcl: Carcinogenic Potency Database

3,3′-Dimethylbenzidine.2HCl (CAS 612-82-8)
SMILES, InChI and Structure are below.
Rats and Mice: Cancer Test Summary

Rat Target Sites		Mouse Target Sites		TD₅₀ (mg/kg/day)
Male	Female	Male	Female	Rat	Mouse
ezy lgi liv lun orc per pre ski smi	cli ezy lgi liv lun mgl orc ski smi	lun	no positive	0.629^m	28.6

Key to the Table Above

Positivity: For each chemical with a positive (carcinogenic) experiment in the Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB), results are included on carcinogenic potency (TD₅₀) in each species and target sites in males and females. Positivity is determined by an author’s opinion in a published paper. If all experimental results in the CDPB are negative in a sex-species group, “no positive” appears. If the CPDB has no experiments in the sex-species group, “no test” appears. The summary presents the strongest evidence of carcinogenicity in each group. If there are both positive and negative experiments in a sex-species, the negative results are ignored in this Summary Table.

Target Site Codes: cli = clitoral gland. ezy = ear/Zymbal’s gland. lgi = large intestine. liv = liver. lun = lung. mgl = mammary gland. orc = oral cavity (includes tissues of the mouth, oropharynx, pharynx, and larynx). per = peritoneal cavity. pre = preputial gland. ski = skin. smi = small intestine. Target sites are listed if any author of published experimental results concluded that tumors were induced in that organ by the test agent. If there is more than one positive experiment in a sex-species, target sites listed may be from more than one experiment, e.g. if liver and lung are both listed, then liver may have been a target in one experiment and lung in another.

TD₅₀: Our standardized measure of carcinogenic potency, TD₅₀, is the daily dose rate in mg/kg body weight/day to induce tumors in half of test animals that would have remained tumor-free at zero dose. Whenever there is more than one positive experiment in a species, the reported TD₅₀ value is a Harmonic Mean calculated using the TD₅₀ value from the most potent target site in each positive experiment.

Superscripts: m = There is more than one positive experiment in the species, and TD₅₀ values from each positive experiment are used in the calculation of the reported Harmonic mean of TD₅₀.

The Carcinogenic Potency Database (CPDB) is a unique and widely used international resource of the results of 6540 chronic, long-term animal cancer tests on 1547 chemicals. The CPDB provides easy access to the bioassay literature, with qualitative and quantitative analyses of both positive and negative experiments that have been published over the past 50 years in the general literature through 2001 and by the National Cancer Institute/National Toxicology Program through 2004. The CPDB standardizes the diverse literature of cancer bioassays that vary widely in protocol, histopathological examination and nomenclature, and in the published author’s choices of what information to provide in their papers. Results are reported in the CPDB for tests in rats, mice, hamsters, dogs, and nonhuman primates.

For each experiment, information is included on species, strain, and sex of test animal; features of experimental protocol such as route of administration, duration of dosing, dose level(s) in mg/kg body weight/day, and duration of experiment; experimental results are provided on target organ, tumor type, and tumor incidence; carcinogenic potency (TD₅₀) and its statistical significance; shape of the dose-response, author’s opinion as to carcinogenicity, and literature citation.

Only tests with dosing for at least ¼ the standard lifespan of the species and experiment length at least ½ the lifespan are included in the CPDB. Only routes of administration with whole body exposure are included. Doses are standardized, average dose rates in mg/kg/day. A description of methods used in the CPDB to standardize the diverse literature of animal cancer tests is presented for: 1) Criteria for inclusion of experiments 2) Standardization of average daily dose levels and 3) TD₅₀ estimation for a standard lifespan. See Methods for other details.

TD₅₀ provides a standardized quantitative measure that can be used for comparisons and analyses of many issues in carcinogenesis. The range of TD₅₀ values across chemicals that are rodent carcinogens is more than 100 million-fold. More than half the chemicals tested are positive in at least one experiment.

A plot of all results on each experiment in the CPDB for this chemical is presented below. These results are the source information for the Cancer Test Summary table above.

3,3′-Dimethylbenzidine.2HCl: All Experiments and Citations in CPDB

The definition of each code in the plot below will appear in a pop-up window when the field name in the header line is clicked, e.g., Strain, Site, Path. Each numbered line starts a new experiment and reports protocol information in black. Average daily dose-rates per kg body weight per day are in green. Remaining lines report experimental results in blue.

Abbreviations of fields in header line: # = the line number in the plot of all CPDB chemicals; Xpo = duration of dosing; Xpt = duration of experiment; Site = tissue; Path = tumor type; DR = dose-response; AuOp = author’s opinion about carcinogenicity; LoConf, UpConf = confidence limits (99%) on TD₅₀; Inc = tumor incidence for each dose group.

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Chemical (Synonym) CAS
# Species Sex Strain Route Xpo+Xpt PaperNum        0 Dose  1 Dose 2 Dose  3 Dose          Literature Reference or NCI/NTP:Site Path
Site Path Notes   TD50  DR Pval    AuOp LoConf UpConf   Cntrl   1 Inc  2 Inc   3 Inc                                                        Brkly Code



3,3'-DIMETHYLBENZIDINE.2HCl   612-82-8
2329 M f bcn wat 52w52 1913m                         0    1.00mg  1.80mg  3.60mg  7.00mg  14.0mg  28.0mg              Schieferstein;
                                                                                                                fctx,27,801-806;1989
 lun mix ekr    28.1mg * P<.2       8.34mg n.s.s.   0/16    1/15    2/16    1/13    3/16    0/16    4/16
 lun adc ekr    147.mg * P<.2       24.0mg n.s.s.   0/16    0/15    0/16    0/13    0/16    0/16    1/16
2330 M f bcn wat 78w78 1913n                         0    1.00mg  1.80mg  3.60mg  7.00mg  14.0mg  28.0mg
 lun adc ekr    168.mg * P<.2       36.9mg n.s.s.   0/21    0/23    1/20    1/21    0/20    0/21    2/18
 lun mix ekr    295.mg * P<.8       23.8mg n.s.s.   4/21    1/23    8/20    5/21    4/20    2/21    5/18
2331 M f bcn wat 26m26 1913o                         0    1.00mg  1.80mg  3.60mg  7.00mg  14.0mg  28.0mg
 lun mix er     no dre   P=1.       55.2mg n.s.s.   8/26    6/25    7/28    8/25   10/28    9/25    7/29
 lun adc er     no dre   P=1.       115.mg n.s.s.   5/26    3/25    3/28    4/25    5/28    2/25    3/29
2332 M m bcn wat 52w52 1913m                         0    .833mg  1.50mg  3.00mg  5.83mg  11.7mg  23.3mg
 lun adc ekr    123.mg * P<.3       20.0mg n.s.s.   0/15    0/16    0/14    0/14    0/15    1/16    0/16
 lun mix ekr    684.mg * P<1.       8.25mg n.s.s.   1/15    3/16    1/14    5/14    2/15    4/16    2/16
2333 M m bcn wat 78w78 1913n                         0    .833mg  1.50mg  3.00mg  5.83mg  11.7mg  23.3mg
 lun mix ekr    423.mg * P<1.       15.7mg n.s.s.  11/23    4/20    8/18    8/23    5/18    7/21    8/20
 lun adc ekr    no dre   P=1.       60.0mg n.s.s.   0/23    0/20    0/18    2/23    0/18    0/21    0/20
2334 M m bcn wat 26m26 1913o                         0    .833mg  1.50mg  3.00mg  5.83mg  11.7mg  23.3mg
 lun mix er     28.6mg * P<.002  +  14.0mg 168.mg   8/26   12/26    5/29   11/28   10/32   15/27   17/27
 lun adc er     50.1mg * P<.002  +  24.3mg 278.mg   3/26    5/26    2/29    2/28    7/32    6/27   11/27
2335 R f f34 wat 60w60 TR390 :                       0    1.71mg  4.00mg  8.57mg
 MXB MXB        .418mg * P<.0005    .330mg .542mg   1/60   25/45   70/75   58/60   cli:ade,anb,car,cnb; col:adc,adp; duo:adc; ilm:
                               adp,mua; jej:adc,adp,muc; liv:hpc,nnd; lun:a/a,a/c; mgl:adc; phr:sqc,sqp; rec:adc,adp; ski:bca,bcc,
                                                                                        sqc,sqp; ton:sqc,sqp; zym:ade,anb,car,cnb. C
 cli MXA        .847mg * P<.0005 c  .634mg 1.16mg   0/60   14/45   42/75   32/60                              cli:ade,anb,car,cnb.
 zym MXA        1.27mg * P<.0005 c  .936mg 1.76mg   0/60    6/45   32/75   42/60                              zym:ade,anb,car,cnb.
 cli MXA        1.31mg * P<.0005    .926mg 1.93mg   0/60    9/45   32/75   17/60                                      cli:ade,anb. S
 zym MXA        2.00mg Z P<.0005    1.42mg 2.90mg   0/60    2/45   22/75   35/60                                      zym:car,cnb. S
 cli MXA        2.58mg * P<.0005    1.66mg 4.23mg   0/60    5/45   11/75   18/60                                      cli:car,cnb. S
 zym MXA        3.08mg * P<.0005    1.88mg 5.43mg   0/60    4/45   11/75   12/60                                      zym:ade,anb. S
 ski MXA        3.17mg * P<.0005 c  1.91mg 5.75mg   0/60    3/45    9/75   12/60                                      ski:sqc,sqp.
 MXA MXA        3.20mg * P<.0005 c  1.92mg 5.76mg   0/60    3/45    9/75   13/60                         phr:sqc,sqp; ton:sqc,sqp.
 ski MXA        3.80mg * P<.0005 c  2.22mg 7.20mg   0/60    3/45   10/75    9/60                                      ski:bca,bcc.
 MXA sqp        4.26mg * P<.0005    2.40mg 8.54mg   0/60    3/45    7/75    9/60                                 phr:sqp; ton:sqp. S
 ski sqc        5.56mg * P<.0005    2.87mg 13.1mg   0/60    2/45    4/75    7/60                                                   S
 mgl MXA        5.77mg * P<.0005    2.81mg 22.3mg   2/60    2/45    7/75    6/60                                      mgl:adc,fba. S
 ski bca        5.77mg * P<.0005    2.95mg 15.5mg   0/60    3/45    5/75    5/60                                                   S
 --- mnl        6.46mg * P<.002  e  3.09mg 33.1mg   1/60    3/45    6/75    4/60
 MXA MXA        6.65mg * P<.0005 c  3.31mg 17.3mg   0/60    1/45    7/75    4/60                         col:adc,adp; rec:adc,adp.
 liv MXA        6.97mg * P<.0005 c  3.41mg 17.7mg   0/60    0/45    7/75    4/60                                      liv:hpc,nnd.
 ski sqp        7.06mg * P<.0005    3.51mg 17.9mg   0/60    1/45    6/75    5/60                                                   S
 MXA adp        7.11mg * P<.0005    3.45mg 19.6mg   0/60    1/45    6/75    4/60                                 col:adp; rec:adp. S
 liv nnd        7.62mg * P<.0005    3.60mg 21.2mg   0/60    0/45    7/75    3/60                                                   S
 mgl adc        8.33mg * P<.0005 c  3.87mg 23.4mg   0/60    1/45    3/75    6/60
 MXA MXA        11.0mg * P<.0005 c  5.01mg 37.5mg   0/60    1/45    3/75    5/60            duo:adc; ilm:adp,mua; jej:adc,adp,muc.
 ski bcc        11.6mg * P<.0005    5.21mg 37.6mg   0/60    0/45    5/75    4/60                                                   S
 MXA sqc        11.8mg * P<.002     4.82mg 52.6mg   0/60    1/45    2/75    4/60                                 phr:sqc; ton:sqc. S
 lun MXA        11.9mg * P<.006  c  4.75mg 174.mg   1/60    1/45    3/75    4/60                                      lun:a/a,a/c.
 MXA MXA        15.4mg * P<.0005    6.37mg 56.1mg   0/60    0/45    2/75    5/60                    duo:adc; ilm:mua; jej:adc,muc. S
 lun a/a        13.6mg * P<.02      5.07mg n.s.s.   1/60    1/45    3/75    3/60                                                   S
 bra MXA        15.4mg * P<.06   e  5.67mg n.s.s.   0/60    2/45    2/75    1/60                                  bra:asl,mag,mnm.
 TBA MXB        .462mg * P<.0005    .344mg .660mg  18/60   33/45   71/75   58/60
 liv MXB        6.97mg * P<.0005    3.41mg 17.7mg   0/60    0/45    7/75    4/60                                  liv:hpa,hpc,nnd.
2336 R m f34 wat 58w60 TR390 :                       0    1.48mg  3.45mg  7.50mg
 MXB MXB a      .346mg Z P<.0005    .270mg .454mg   5/60   19/45   73/75   58/60   cec:adp; col:adc,adp,muc; duo:muc; ilm:adc,adp;
                              jej:muc; lgi:adc; liv:hpc,nnd; lun:a/a,a/c; mul:msm; phr:sqc,sqp; pre:ade,car; rec:adc,adp; ski:bca,
                                                                            bcc,ker,sea,sqc,sqp; ton:sqc,sqp; zym:ade,anb,car,cnb. C
 ski MXA a      .500mg Z P<.0005 c  .380mg .672mg   0/60   11/45   54/75   30/60                                      ski:bca,bcc.
 ski bca a      .534mg Z P<.0005    .405mg .723mg   0/60   10/45   52/75   29/60                                                   S
 liv MXA a      .898mg Z P<.0005 c  .650mg 1.28mg   0/60    0/45   35/75   33/60                                      liv:hpc,nnd.
 zym MXA a      1.12mg Z P<.0005 c  .806mg 1.59mg   1/60    3/45   32/75   36/60                              zym:ade,anb,car,cnb.
 liv nnd a      1.12mg Z P<.0005    .789mg 1.66mg   0/60    0/45   29/75   26/60                                                   S
 ski MXA a      1.55mg Z P<.0005 c  1.05mg 2.38mg   0/60    2/45   17/75   27/60                                      ski:sqc,sqp.
 zym MXA a      1.93mg Z P<.0005    1.30mg 2.98mg   0/60    2/45   21/75   23/60                                      zym:car,cnb. S
 zym MXA a      2.38mg Z P<.0005    1.48mg 4.22mg   1/60    1/45   13/75   16/60                                      zym:ade,anb. S
 liv hpc a      2.76mg Z P<.0005    1.65mg 5.02mg   0/60    0/45   12/75   12/60                                                   S
 ski sqc a      2.80mg Z P<.0005    1.68mg 5.05mg   0/60    2/45   10/75   13/60                                                   S
 ski sqp a      3.28mg Z P<.0005    1.93mg 6.04mg   0/60    0/45    8/75   15/60                                                   S
 MXA MXA a      3.76mg Z P<.0005 c  2.18mg 7.05mg   0/60    0/45    6/75   15/60   cec:adp; col:adc,adp,muc; lgi:adc; rec:adc,adp.
 pre MXA a      3.96mg Z P<.0005 c  2.09mg 10.8mg   2/60    4/45    6/75    9/60                                      pre:ade,car.
 ski ker a      4.58mg Z P<.0005 c  2.34mg 12.4mg   1/60    1/45    8/75    5/60
 MXA adp a      4.87mg Z P<.0005    2.58mg 10.4mg   0/60    0/45    6/75    9/60                        cec:adp; col:adp; rec:adp. S
 lun MXA a      4.93mg Z P<.0005 c  2.47mg 13.2mg   1/60    0/45    8/75    6/60                                      lun:a/a,a/c.
 pre ade a      4.94mg Z P<.0005    2.43mg 16.8mg   2/60    4/45    4/75    8/60                                                   S
 lun a/a a      5.47mg Z P<.0005    2.67mg 15.5mg   1/60    0/45    7/75    6/60                                                   S
 ski sea a      5.62mg Z P<.0005 c  2.79mg 13.4mg   0/60    0/45    7/75    5/60
 MXA MXA a      6.99mg Z P<.0005 c  3.39mg 16.6mg   0/60    0/45    4/75    8/60                    duo:muc; ilm:adc,adp; jej:muc.
 MXA MXA a      7.79mg Z P<.0005    3.64mg 19.3mg   0/60    0/45    3/75    8/60                        duo:muc; ilm:adc; jej:muc. S
 MXA MXA a      8.47mg Z P<.0005 c  3.80mg 23.9mg   0/60    0/45    4/75    5/60                         phr:sqc,sqp; ton:sqc,sqp.
 ski bcc a      8.85mg * P<.002     3.67mg 43.0mg   0/60    1/45    4/75    2/60                                                   S
 mul msm a      9.45mg Z P<.0005 c  3.95mg 31.6mg   0/60    0/45    3/75    4/60
 amd pob a      10.6mg Z P<.003     4.22mg 78.6mg   0/60    2/45    1/75    3/60                                                   S
 MXA MXA a      14.4mg Z P<.0005    6.16mg 45.9mg   0/60    0/45    0/75    7/60                    col:adc,muc; lgi:adc; rec:adc. S
 MXA sqc a      26.7mg * P<.007     9.18mg 129.mg   0/60    0/45    1/75    3/60                                 phr:sqc; ton:sqc. S
 bra MXA a      26.1mg * P<.02   e  7.38mg n.s.s.   0/60    0/45    1/75    2/60                                  bra:gmf,mag,mnm.
 TBA MXB a      .334mg Z P<.0005    .260mg .445mg   9/60   25/45   73/75   58/60
 liv MXB a      .898mg Z P<.0005    .650mg 1.28mg   0/60    0/45   35/75   33/60                                  liv:hpa,hpc,nnd.

Mutagenicity in Salmonella: positive
SMILES Code for 3,3′-Dimethylbenzidine.2HCl: C1(C2=CC(=C(N)C=C2)C)(=CC(=C(N)C=C1)C).[H]Cl.[H]Cl
InChI Code for 3,3′-Dimethylbenzidine.2HCl: InChI=1/C14H16N2.2ClH/c1-9-7-11(3-5-13(9)15)12-4-6-14(16)10(2)8-12;;/h3-8H,15-16H2,1-2H3;2*1H
Source for SMILES and InChI: USEPA Distributed Structure-Searchable Toxicity (DSSTox) Database

Chemical Structure for 3,3′-Dimethylbenzidine.2HCl:

Source for structure: National Library of Medicine ChemIDPlus

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