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Carcinogens

Known as: Cancer Causing Agents, Chemical Carcinogen, Carcinogen 
Any chemical, biological or physical agents that increase the risk of neoplasms in humans or animals. Carcinogens include natural or synthesized… 
National Institutes of Health

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1-nitronaphthalene2,4-diaminotoluene2-Acetylaminofluorene2-cyanoethylene oxide
Aminobiphenyl CompoundsBenzidinesDioxinsMutagens

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Acrylamide: a cooking carcinogen?
Exposure to acrylamide (AA) has been monitored by mass spectrometric detection of the adduct, N-(2-carbamoylethyl)valine (CEV… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Cadmium carcinogenesis in review.
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Benzo[a]pyrene carcinogenicity is lost in mice lacking the aryl hydrocarbon receptor.
The contribution of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) in induction of a battery of xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes has been… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Mechanisms of chromium carcinogenicity and toxicity.
Chromium, like many transition metal elements, is essential to life at low concentrations yet toxic to many systems at higher… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Toxicity and carcinogenicity of potassium bromate--a new renal carcinogen.
Potassium bromate (KBrO3) is an oxidizing agent that has been used as a food additive, mainly in the bread-making process… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Tenascin: an extracellular matrix protein involved in tissue interactions during fetal development and oncogenesis
Review
1981
Review
1981
Searches for ultimate chemical carcinogens and their reactions with cellular macromolecules
Studies on a variety of chemical carcinogens have demonstrated that their ultimate reactive and carcinogenic forms are strong… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Hypolipidaemic hepatic peroxisome proliferators form a novel class of chemical carcinogens
Several drugs, including clofibrate (ethyl-a-p-chlorophenoxyisobutyrate)1, are now available for the treatment of… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Cytological detection of mutagen–carcinogen exposure by sister chromatid exchange
A staining technique that detects sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) has been used to examine the response of chromosomes in… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Detection of carcinogens as mutagens: bacterial tester strains with R factor plasmids.
We described previously a simple test on petri plates for detecting chemical carcinogens as mutagens, using an especially… 
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