title: Cigarette smoking may yield nitroarenes.
abstract: Cigarette smoke condensates are readily nitrated to mutagenic substances exhibiting the properties expected of nitroarenes. In addition, nitroarenes also appear to be generated during the smoking of cigarettes enriched with nitrates.
mesh_terms: D005449:Fluorenes; D009153:Mutagens; D009566:Nitrates; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011721:Pyrenes; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D012906:Smoke; D012907:Smoking; D014026:Nicotiana
chemical_list: D005449:Fluorenes; D009153:Mutagens; D009566:Nitrates; D009574:Nitro Compounds; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D011721:Pyrenes; D012906:Smoke