Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
3-Nitrobenzanthrone (3-nitro-7H-benz[de]anthracen-7-one) is a chemical compound emitted in diesel exhaust; it is a potent carcinogen. It produced the highest score ever reported in the Ames test a standard measure of the cancer-causing potential of toxic chemicals far greater than the previous known strongest (18-dinitropyrene which is also found in diesel exhaust).
