Abstract
Bacterial N-nitrosation and nitrate reduction in the mouth and achlorhydric stomach may play an important role in determining the carcinogenic risk of nitrate exposure through N-nitroso compound (NNC) formation. The factors known to modulate the extent of these two processes are numerous, and through their differential action between individuals may promote profound differences in levels of NNC formation from particular levels of nitrate exposure. It may be difficult at present to allow for this in epidemiological studies.
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Leach, S., Mackerness, C., McPherson, K., Packer, P., Hill, M., Thompson, M. (1991). Some Factors Affecting N-Nitroso Compound Formation from Ingested Nitrate in the Stomach: Achlorhydria, Bacterial N-Nitrosation and its Modulation. In: Bogárdi, I., Kuzelka, R.D., Ennenga, W.G. (eds) Nitrate Contamination. NATO ASI Series, vol 30. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76040-2_24
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