Chemistry and Biology of N-Nitroso Compounds

Klappentext Originally published in 1992! this volume looks in depth at the carcinogenic properties of N-nitroso compounds. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1992! this volume looks in depth at the carcinogenic properties of N-nitroso compounds. These compounds occur widely in smoked foods and in meat and fish cured with nitrates; they are also formed in some industrial processes and in addition are found in cosmetics! tobacco and tobacco smoke. Inhaltsverzeichnis Glossary; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Occurence, formation and detection of N-nitroso compounds; 3. Chemical properties of N-nitroso compunds; 4. Metabolism and cellular interactions of N-nitroso compunds; 5. Toxicity of N-nitroso compunds; 6. Mutagenesis and cell transformation by N-nitroso compunds; 7. Structure-activity relations in carcinogenesis by N-nitroso compunds; 8. Conclusions - the importance of N-nitroso compunds as environmental carcinogens and as experimental models for investigating cancer; Index.

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• Authors: William Lijinsky, Lijinsky William
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.06.2011
• EAN: 9780521116978
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11697-8
• No. of pages: 482
• Series: Cambridge Monographs on Cancer; Cambridge Monographs on Cancer Research
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, MEDICAL / Research, Oncology, Infectious & contagious diseases, Infectious and contagious diseases, MEDICAL / Oncology / General