Nitrosamine

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Not to be confused with Nitroamine.
Structure of the nitrosamino group

Nitrosamines (or more formally N-nitrosamines) are

oesophageal cancer, and between preserved fish, vegetable and smoked food intake and gastric cancer, but is not conclusive".[5]

Chemistry

NDMA converts it to the alkylating agent diazomethane[6]

The organic chemistry of nitrosamines is well developed with regard to their syntheses, their structures, and their reactions.

nitrosyl sources (e.g. N
2O
4, NOCl, RONO) have the same effect:[9]

HONO + R2NH → R2N-NO + H2O

The nitrous acid usually arises from protonation of a

Fischer-Hepp rearrangement.[12]

With regards to structure, the C2N2O core of nitrosamines is planar, as established by

dimethylnitrosamine,[13]
one of the simplest members of a large class of N-nitrosamines.

Nitrosamines are not directly carcinogenic. Metabolic activation is required to convert them to the

alkyldiazonium centers.[14][6]

History and occurrence

In 1956, two British scientists, John Barnes and Peter Magee, reported that a simple member of the large class of N-nitrosamines,

tumours in rats. Subsequent studies showed that approximately 90% of the 300 nitrosamines tested were carcinogenic in a wide variety of animals.[15]

Tobacco exposure

A common way ordinary consumers are exposed to nitrosamines is through tobacco use and cigarette smoke.

ppm for American dip snuff compared to 2.8 ppm in Swedish snuff or snus).[16]

Dietary exposure

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oesophageal cancer risk today.[18][19][20][21]

For example, during the 1970s, certain Norwegian farm animals began exhibiting elevated levels of liver cancer. These animals had been fed herring meal preserved with sodium nitrite. The sodium nitrite had reacted with dimethylamine in the fish and produced dimethylnitrosamine.[22]

The effects of nitroso compounds vary dramatically across the gastrointestinal tract, and with diet. Nitroso compounds present in stool do not induce nitrosamine formation, because stool has neutral

Stomach acid catalyzes nitrosamine compound formation and is the main location of the reaction during digestion.[25]

The formation process is inhibited when amine concentration is low (e.g. a low-protein diet or no fermented food). The process may also be inhibited in the case of high

vitamin C (ascorbic acid) or erythorbic acid[26] concentration (e.g. high-fruit diet).[27][28][29] However, when 10% of the meal is fat, the effect reverses, and ascorbic acid markedly increases nitrosamine formation.[25][30] Vitamin C and erythorbic acid are already commonly used in the meat industry because they enhance the binding of nitrite to myoglobin, encouraging the formation of the desired pink color.[31]

Medication impurities

There have been recalls for various medications due to the presence of nitrosamine impurities. There have been recalls for angiotensin II receptor blockers, ranitidine, valsartan, duloxetine, and others.

The US Food and Drug Administration published guidance about the control of nitrosamine impurities in medicines.[32][33] Health Canada published guidance about nitrosamine impurities in medications[34] and a list of established acceptable intake limits of nitrosamine impurities in medications.[35]

Examples

Substance name
CAS number
 Synonyms Molecular formula Physical appearance Carcinogenity category
N-Nitrosonornicotine 16543-55-8 NNN C9H11N3O Light yellow low-melting solid
4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone[36]
 64091-91-4 NNK, 4′-(nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone C10H15N3O2 Light yellow oil
N-Nitrosodimethylamine 62-75-9 Dimethylnitrosamine, N,N-dimethylnitrosamine, NDMA, DMN C2H6N2O Yellow liquid EPA-B2; IARC-2A;
TLV
-A3
N-Nitrosodiethylamine 55-18-5 Diethylnitrosamide, diethylnitrosamine, N,N-diethylnitrosamine, N-ethyl-N-nitrosoethanamine, diethylnitrosamine, DANA, DENA, DEN, NDEA C4H10N2O Yellow liquid EPA-B2; IARC-2A
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol 76014-81-8 NNAL
N-Nitrosoanabasine 37620-20-5 NAB C10H13N3O Yellow Oil IARC-3
N-Nitrosoanatabine 71267-22-6 NAT C10H11N3O Clear yellow-to-orange oil IARC-3

See also

Additional reading

  • Altkofer, Werner; Braune, Stefan; Ellendt, Kathi; Kettl-Grömminger, Margit; Steiner, Gabriele (2005). "Migration of nitrosamines from rubber products - are balloons and condoms harmful to the human health?". Molecular Nutrition & Food Research. 49 (3): 235–238.
    PMID 15672455
    .
  • Proctor, Robert N. (2012). Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition. Berkeley: University of California Press.
    OCLC 784884555
    .

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