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Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds: biochemistry, metabolism, toxicity and carcinogenicity

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The addition of a nitroso group (−N=O) to a nitrogen atom is termed N-nitrosation: its product is an N-nitroso compound. These compounds include the nitrosamines (RR′−N−N=O), nitrosamides

, nitrosoureas

, and derivatives.

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Green, L.C., Ralt, D., Tannenbaum, S.R. (1982). Nitrate, nitrite and N-nitroso compounds: biochemistry, metabolism, toxicity and carcinogenicity. In: Neuberger, A., Jukes, T.H. (eds) Human Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6258-6_4

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