Nitrosation is a process of converting organic compounds into nitroso derivatives, i.e., compounds containing the R-NO functionality. C-Nitroso compounds...

g., in nitrosylated heme = nitrosylheme) or S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs). Nitrosation is adding a nitrosonium ion NO+ to an amine –NH2 leading to a nitrosamine...

nitrosamines under some biological conditions.[citation needed] The nitrosation is also partially reversible; aryl nitrosamines rearrange to give a para-nitroso...

are both present. Electrophilic aliphatic substitution reactions are: Nitrosation Ketone halogenation Keto-enol tautomerism Aliphatic diazonium coupling...

form N-nitroso compounds. A principal concern about sodium nitrite is Nitrosation/nitrosylation, the formation of carcinogenic nitroso-compounds in meats...

inhibition of bacterially mediated N-nitrosation by vitamin C: relevance to the inhibition of endogenous N-nitrosation in the achlorhydric stomach". Carcinogenesis...

reactions of nitric oxide involve the S-nitrosation of thiols and the nitrosylation of some metalloenzymes. S-nitrosation involves the (reversible) conversion...

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or rabbit, p.o.). Although not acutely toxic, dimethylamine undergoes nitrosation to give dimethylnitrosamine, a carcinogen. Methylamine Trimethylamine...

N-nitrosodiethylamine has been found in cosmetics and is a possible product of DEMA nitrosation. However, this toxic nitrosamine has only rarely been identified in cosmetic...