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Recent developments on the mechanism of chemical carcinogenesis by aromatic hydrocarbons
Author(s) -
Pullman B.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560160321
Subject(s) - quantum chemical , nucleic acid , mechanism (biology) , chemistry , computational chemistry , carcinogenesis , organic chemistry , physics , biochemistry , molecule , quantum mechanics , gene
This paper presents a critical discussion of recent discoveries on the metabolic transformations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their interactions with nucleic acids in the light of quantum‐mechanical theories of chemical carcinogenesis.