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N ‐Nitroso Sugar Amino Acids
Author(s) -
Heyns Kurt,
Röper Siyka,
Röper Harald,
Meyer Bernd
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197908781
Subject(s) - sugar , nitroso compounds , chemistry , nitrite , amino sugar , amino acid , nitroso , carcinogen , food science , nitrosation , biochemistry , organic chemistry , nitrate
Nitrosamines in foods are notorious as carcinogens. Sugar amino acids can also form N ‐nitroso derivatives with nitrite, possibly during the processing of certain foods or in the stomach. The first compounds of this kind have now been synthesized.