Detection of methylating activity due to nitrosamide in some nitrosated Nigerian foodstuffs

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-151

  Atawodi, S E ^a,b   Mende, P ^a   Preussmann, R ^a   Spiegelhalder, B ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA; NITROSAMINE;

ARTICLE; FOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHYLATION; NIGERIA; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0029918065     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(95)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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