Alkyl nitrites have been problematic worldwide due to their recreational use. Although there is a lack of scientific information on their action on the central nervous system (CNS), many anecdotal reports and case studies have inferred the CNS actions of alkyl nitrites. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of alkyl nitrites on the CNS, especially focusing on the dopaminerg...

Nitrites are the upstream precursors of the carcinogenic nitrosamines, which are widely found in the natural environment and many food products. It is important to develop a simple and sensitive sensor for detecting nitrites. In this work, a fluorescence probe based on nitrogen-doped carbon quantum dots (N-CQDs) was developed for the sensitive and selective determination of nitrites. At pH 2, t...

In the mid-1970s it was recognised that cutting fluids containing nitrites and amines may also contain N-nitrosoamines in concentrations between 200 and 30 000 ppm before dilution.' 2 Since many N-nitrosoamines are carcinogenic to animals3 cutting fluids containing these substances were withdrawn from the market in the late 1970s and the nitrites replaced with other substances. Even if there is...

BACKGROUND Multiple N-nitroso compounds have been observed in animal studies to be both mutagenic and teratogenic. Human exposure to N-nitroso compounds and their precursors, nitrates and nitrites, can occur through exogenous sources, such as diet, drinking water, occupation, or environmental exposures, and through endogenous exposures resulting from the formation of N-nitroso compounds in the ...

background: irradiation of water by uv has been considered as an attractive alternative for disinfection because its low- im pact, pathogen killing capacity shows tremendous promise for meeting today’s drinking water regulatory requirements. this study has been performed with the objective of utilizing medium pressure lamp in the preliminary stage of municipal wa ter treatment, namely prior to ...

Ventricina is a traditional sausage made from pork meat produced in the Abruzzi and Molise regions. The aim of this study was to detect the content of nitrates and nitrites in local cultivars of chilli pepper, and their concentration in ventricina samples spiced with the same chilli pepper. Furthermore, it was examined whether, in the samples of ventricina with nitrate addition, the spicing wit...

The potential associations between dietary consumption of nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines and gastric cancer risk have been investigated by several studies, but yielded inconclusive results. We conducted a meta-analysis to provide a quantitative assessment of their relationships. Relevant articles were identified by a systematic literature searching of PubMed and Embase databases prior to ...

Microwave irradiated palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of potassium styryltrifluoroborates and sodium nitrite gives the corresponding styryl nitrites in high yields. Potassium aryltrifluoroborates also furnish aryl nitrites under same reaction condition. This unprecedented cross-coupling is an interesting development and has the potential to lead to new nitration protocols.