2-Amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline

Yellow Solid

Mutagen found in white meat, increasing the rate of colorectal adenomas.

Diet meat mutagen heterocyclic amine colorectal adenoma recurrence.

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.

Confirmed carcinogen with experimental carcinogenic data. Mutation data reported. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of NOx.

MeIQx is reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from studies in experimental animals and supporting genotoxicity data.