Nitroaromatic compounds: Environmental toxicity, carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, therapy and mechanism

Journal of Applied Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 810-824

  Kovacic, Peter ^a   Somanathan, Ratnasamy ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TIJUANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Nitro aromatic; Pollution; Radical mechanism; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1 NITRONAPHTHALENE; 2 METHYLNAPHTHALENE; 2 NITRO 4,5 DIMETHOXYAMPHETAMINE; 2 NITRO 4,5 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 2 NITROANISOLE; 2 NITROFLUORENE; 2 NITRONAPHTHALENE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; 2,6 DINITROTOLUENE; 3 NITROTYROSINE; 4 NITROBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; 4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; DEFEROXAMINE; FREE RADICAL; HYDROXYLAMINE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; ORTHO ANISIDINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRINITROTOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; 3-NITROBENZANTHRONE; 4-NITROBIPHENYL; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; NITRO DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG METABOLISM; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; NITRATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; BENZ(A)ANTHRACENES; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MUTAGENS; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NITROBENZENES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84903181161     PISSN: 0260437X     EISSN: 10991263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jat.2980     Document Type: Article

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