Chemical Properties
Yellow Solid
Uses
Mutagen found in white meat, increasing the rate of colorectal adenomas.
Uses
Diet meat mutagen heterocyclic amine colorectal adenoma recurrence.
Definition
ChEBI: An imidazoquinoxaline that is 3H-imidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline substituted at positions 3 and 8 by methyl groups and at position 2 by an amino group. A mutagenic compound found in cooked beef.
Safety Profile
Confirmed carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic data. Mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx.
Carcinogenicity
MeIQx is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals and supporting genotoxicity data.
![2-Amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline Structure](https://www.chemicalbook.com/CAS/GIF/77500-04-0.gif)
