Definitions
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- noun organic chemistry The conversion of an
amine or other compound into anitroso compound
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Examples
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This process, called nitrosation, converts some substances found in foods or contaminated water into cancer-causing compounds.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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When the test was used on the urine samples from the pilot garlic study, it showed that the participants who had taken garlic had lower concentrations of the marker for nitrosation than did those who took no garlic.
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S-nitroso groups are unstable and protein S-nitrosation is therefore a rapidly and spontaneously reversible posttranslational modification.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alfredo Csibi et al. 2010
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As we showed previously that Ang II induces the nitration rather than the S-nitrosation of other kinases
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alfredo Csibi et al. 2010
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S-nitrosylation or nitrosation is the modification of sulfhydryl (- SH) to S-nitroso (- SNO) groups and appears to occur at a molar NO/O
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alfredo Csibi et al. 2010
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That research team then turned to Harrison and colleagues, who explored the methods required to precisely quantify biomarkers in urine for both the garlic consumption and the presence of nitrosoproline, the indicator that nitrosation has occurred.
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These processes include nitrosation, or the conversion of some substances found in foods or contaminated water into carcinogens.
Analysis 2010
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Vitamin C had a similar effect in lowering the marker for nitrosation.
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These processes include nitrosation, or the conversion of some substances found in foods or contaminated water into carcinogens.
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"The precise mechanism by which garlic and other compounds affect nitrosation is under extensive investigation, but is not clear at this time," he said.
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