2-Acetylaminofluorene
MESHD015073
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.
Synonyms
- 2 Acetylaminofluorene
- 2-Acetamidofluorene
- 2 Acetamidofluorene
- 2-Fluorenylacetamide
- 2 Fluorenylacetamide
- Fluoren-2-ylacetamide
- Fluoren 2 ylacetamide
- 2-AAF
- N-Acetyl-2-Aminofluorene
- N Acetyl 2 Aminofluorene
- AAF, Aminofluorene
- Aminofluorene AAF
- N-2-Fluorenylacetamide
- N 2 Fluorenylacetamide
- Acetylaminofluorene
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