N-nitrosation of medicinal drugs catalysed by bacteria from human saliva and gastro-intestinal tract, including Helicobacter pylori

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 383-389

  Ziebarth, Dieter ^a   Spiegelhalder, Bertold ^b   Bartsch, Helmut ^b  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; AMINOPHENAZONE; BENZATHINE; CIMETIDINE; DICLOFENAC; DIPYRONE; ETHAMBUTOL; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; MORPHOLINE; NICOTINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; PHENAZONE DERIVATIVE; PHENMETRAZINE; PIPERAZINE; PROLINE; PROPRANOLOL; SARCOSINE; TIMONACIC; TRIMIPRAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRUG METABOLISM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTESTINE FLORA; NEISSERIA; NITROSATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA;

BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEISSERIA; NITRITES; NITROSATION; NITROSO COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SALIVA;

EID: 0031408198     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/18.2.383     Document Type: Article

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