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butyl(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine
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: A class of compounds that contain a -NH2 and a -NO radical. Many members of this group have carcinogenic and mutagenic properties.
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butyl(3-carboxypropyl)nitrosamine [ BCPN,N-nitrosobutyl(3-carboxypropyl)amine ]
urinary metabolite of butyl(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine; structure
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Carcinogens
Gann 65(1):69;1974; Cancer Res 1980;40(1):162; Cancer Res 38(9):3019;1978; Chem Biol Interact 1980;29(3):291; Gann 67(2):175;1976; J Nat Cancer Inst 60(1):219;1978