Haem, not protein or inorganic iron, is responsible for endogenous intestinal N-nitrosation arising from red meat

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2358-2360

  Cross, Amanda Jane ^a   Pollock, Jim R A ^b   Bingham, Sheila Anne ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Pollock and Pool Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEME; IRON; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; NITROSATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FECES; HEME; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; IRON, DIETARY; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NITRITES; NITROSO COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0038521317     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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