Chemistry and Biology of N-Nitroso Compounds (Paperback)

Glossary; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Occurence, formation and detection of N-nitroso compounds; 3. Chemical properties of N-nitroso compunds; 4. Metabolism and cellular interactions of N-nitroso compunds; 5. Toxicity of N-nitroso compunds; 6. Mutagenesis and cell transformation by N-nitroso compunds; 7. Structure-activity relations in carcinogenesis by N-nitroso compunds; 8. Conclusions - the importance of N-nitroso compunds as environmental carcinogens and as experimental models for investigating cancer; Index.