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Preferred term

2-Acetylaminofluorene  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A hepatic carcinogen whose mechanism of activation involves N-hydroxylation to the aryl hydroxamic acid followed by enzymatic sulfonation to sulfoxyfluorenylacetamide. It is used to study the carcinogenicity and mutagenicity of aromatic amines.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 2-AAF
  • 2-Acetamidofluorene
  • 2-Fluorenylacetamide
  • 53-96-3 (2-Acetylaminofluorene)
  • 9M98QLJ2DL
  • AAF, Aminofluorene
  • Acetamide, N-9H-fluoren-2-yl-
  • Fluoren-2-ylacetamide
  • N-2-Fluorenylacetamide
  • N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • 53-96-3 (2-Acetylaminofluorene)
  • 9M98QLJ2DL
  • Acetamide, N-9H-fluoren-2-yl-
  • N-Fluorén-2-ylacétamide

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-R7DR7QTK-F

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