ISSN:
0020-7608
Keywords:
Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling
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Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
A free radical was produced enzymatically by incubating benzo(a)pyrene with liver microsomes. This radical, identified as the 6-oxybenzo(a) pyrene radical, was sufficiently reactive to bind covalently with nucleic acid bases. Similar reactive free radicals were produced enzymatically from anthanthrene and 10-aza-benzo(a)pyrene, which are carcinogenic in spite of lacking so-called “bay regions.” Hepatocarcinogens such as 3′-methyl-4-dimethylaminoazobenzene and related compounds, naphthylamines, and 2-acetylaminofluorene yield free radicals after being incubated with liver microsomes. Thus, various kinds of chemical carcinogens are found to be converted to free radicals, suggesting causal significance for the formation of free radicals in chemical carcinogenesis.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/qua.560160425
