title: Metabolic activation and detoxification of tobacco-specific nitrosamines--a model for cancer prevention strategies.
authors.affiliation: American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Hecht
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001711:Biotransformation; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D008658:Inactivation, Metabolic; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D016588:Anticarcinogenic Agents; D002273:Carcinogens; D009602:Nitrosamines; C016583:4-(N-methyl-N-nitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone; C008655:N'-nitrosonornicotine