Red meat and colon cancer: heme proteins and nitrite in the gut. A commentary on "diet-induced endogenous formation of nitroso compounds in the GI tract".
Hogg
Neil
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Department of Biophysics, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA. nhogg@mcw.edu
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004032:Diet; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract / Q000378:metabolism*; D006418:Heme / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006420:Hemeproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*
D006420:Hemeproteins; D009573:Nitrites; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D006418:Heme