Gastric carcinogenesis: 2-Chloro-4-methylthiobutanoic acid, a novel mutagen in salted, pickled sanma hiraki fish, or similarly treated methionine

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-66

  Chen, Wei ^a   Weisburger, John H ^a   Fiala, Emerich S ^a   Spratt, Thomas E ^a   Carmella, Steven G ^a   Chen, Di ^a   Hecht, Stephen S ^a  

^a AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 CHLORO 4 METHYLTHIOBUTYRIC ACID; METHIONINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; FISH; FOOD PRESERVATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PURIFICATION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STOMACH CANCER;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DRUG STABILITY; FISHES; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHIONINE; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SODIUM NITRITE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0030033845     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx9500585     Document Type: Article

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