Reaction mixtures formed by nitrite and selected sulfa-drugs showed mutagenicity in acidic medium
Nitrite, which is present in preserved meat and can be produced in the oral cavity by reduction of nitrate taken from vegetables, could react in stomach with nitrosatable drugs, giving genotoxic-carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds (NOC). The mutagenicity of reaction mixtures formed by sodium nitrite an...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2009-01-01
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Series: | Química Nova |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-40422009000500013 |