Arshinov V Iu, Shuliakovskaia T S
Eksp Onkol. 1988;10(2):20-2.
The antioxidant butyl-hydroxytoluene has been shown to increase denitrosation of some dialkyl-N-nitrosamines by the liver microsomes of different lines of rats and to protect against diethyl-N-nitrosamine toxicity. 3-Methylcholanthrene, while decreasing denitrosation of diethyl-N-nitrosamine, increased its toxic effect. This data suggested that enzymatic denitrosation is an effective pathway for the inactivation of dialkyl-N-nitrosamines.