Definition of Nitrosamines

1. Noun. (plural of nitrosamine) ¹

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Definition of Nitrosamines

1. nitrosamine [n] - See also: nitrosamine

Medical Definition of Nitrosamines

1. A class of compounds that contain a -nh2 and a -no radical. Many members of this group have carcinogenic and mutagenic properties. Pharmacological action: carcinogens. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrosamines

nitropyridine
nitroquinol
nitroquinolines
nitroquinols
nitroquinoxaline
nitroreductase
nitroreductases
nitroreduction
nitros
nitrosaccharin
nitrosalicylic
nitrosalicylic acid
nitrosamide
nitrosamides
nitrosamine
nitrosamines (current term)
nitrosate
nitrosated
nitrosation
nitrosations
nitrosative
nitrosative stress
nitroscanate
nitrose
nitrosidative
nitrosimine
nitrosimines
nitroso
nitroso-
nitrosobacteria

Literary usage of Nitrosamines

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"m of Acyclic and Cyclic W-nitrosamines by Cultured Human Colon' (40294) IMAN ... We now report metabolic everal aliphatic N-nitrosamines in iman colonic ..."

2. A Method for the Identification of Pure Organic Compounds by a Systematic by Samuel Parsons Mulliken (1916)
"... hydrogen peroxide, ferric chloride, potassium manganate, chromate, chlorate and iodate, the reaction must not be accepted as a test for nitrosamines, ..."

3. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"... see NITRIC OXIDE and NITROGEN DIOXIDE, 6014 NITROGLYCERIN and ETHYLENE GLYCOL DINITRATE, 2507 NITROMETHANE, 2527 2-NITROPROPANE, 2528 nitrosamines, ..."

4. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"5.3.8 Amines, nitrosamines, and Nitramines 104 The concentration of amines in the ... nitrosamines and nitramines are produced in the troposphere through ..."

5. Smokeless Tobacco Or Health: An International Perspective by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"Cannella, SG, Hecht, SS Formation of hemoglobin adducts upon treatment of F344 rats with the tobacco-specific nitrosamines ..."

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