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A General Method for Detecting Nitrosamide Formation in the In Vitro Metabolism of Nitrosamines by Cytochrome P450s
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[The mechanism of metabolic denitration of nitroheterocyclic compounds]

V B Il'iasova, A A Buzukov, M Tabak

    Biofizika
    |March 1, 1994
    PubMed

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