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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Either of two polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with the formula C20H12, found in coal tar and cigarette smoke and isolatable as a white or yellow crystalline solid. Both are hazardous, and one is known to be a potent carcinogen.

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  • noun organic chemistry A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (having five fused benzene rings) that is both mutagenic and carcinogenic

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  • Benzopyrene 3-monooxygenase 1.14.14.2 1 Nomenclature EC number 1.14.14.2 (deleted, included in EC 1.14.14.1) Recommended name benzopyrene 3-monooxygenase 594

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  • In October, Texas researchers detected benzopyrene clinging right to the mutational "hot spot" that is mutated in lung cancer.

    The Cancer Killer 2008

  • Bulky chemicals, such as the benzopyrene in cigarette smoke, change G to T and C to A, for instance.

    The Cancer Killer 2008

  • Well cooked meat probably has more benzopyrene than rare meat, and maybe even more than 30 cigarettes, but does that mean anything?

    Fire over (more or less) and back home | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • One pound of charcoaled broiled steak has as much benzopyrene as in the smoke of 30 cigarettes.

    Fire over (more or less) and back home | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Cancer-causing benzopyrene in cigarette smoke primarily changes just one letter, at one spot, on the p53 gene: a G becomes T. Other compounds in smoke change C to A.

    The Cancer Killer 2008

  • Is it true that well cooked meat has more benzopyrene then 30 cigarettes?

    Fire over (more or less) and back home | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, like kerosene heaters, produce carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides, in addition to benzopyrene, a carcinogen, and respirable suspended particulates.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Nonetheless, studies have shown that such by-products almost always do enter to some degree, producing elevated levels of breathable particles and benzopyrene.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, like kerosene heaters, produce carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen oxides, in addition to benzopyrene, a carcinogen, and respirable suspended particulates.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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