Article
[Metabolic activation of carcinogenic N-nitrosodialkylamines].
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - 1 Jun 1990
Mochizuki M
Abstract excerpt
Chemical and biological properties of metabolically activated species of carcinogenic N-nitrosodialkylamines are reviewed. alpha-Hydroxy nitrosamines and their derivatives; alpha-acetoxy nitrosamines, alpha-hydroperoxy nitrosamines, alpha-phosphonooxy nitrosamines and alkanediazotates are included. Metabolic deactivation through denitrosation and metabolic activation through beta-oxidation are also mentioned.
Topics
- Animals
- Bacteria
- Biotransformation
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Experimental
- Nitrosamines
