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Dietary Nitrite

A class of dietary nitroso-compounds that are salts of nitrous acid (HNO2).
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Review
2015
Review
2015
Nitrate and nitrite ingestion and risk of ovarian cancer among postmenopausal women in Iowa
Nitrate and nitrite are precursors in the endogenous formation of N‐nitroso compounds (NOC), potential human carcinogens. We… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Dietary Nitrate Ameliorates Pulmonary Hypertension: Cytoprotective Role for Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase and Xanthine Oxidoreductase
Background— Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a multifactorial disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance and… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Dietary nitrite and nitrate: a review of potential mechanisms of cardiovascular benefits
PurposeIn the last decade, a growing scientific and medical interest has emerged toward cardiovascular effects of dietary nitrite… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Dietary nitrite in nitric oxide biology: a redox interplay with implications for pathophysiology and therapeutics.
Until recently, nitrite has been considered a stable oxidation inert metabolite of nitric oxide ((∙)NO) metabolism. This view is… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Meat and components of meat and the risk of bladder cancer in the NIH‐AARP Diet and Health Study
Meat could be involved in bladder carcinogenesis via multiple potentially carcinogenic meat‐related compounds related to cooking… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Nutritional epidemiology in the context of nitric oxide biology: a risk-benefit evaluation for dietary nitrite and nitrate.
Review
2009
Review
2009
Epidemiology of stomach cancer.
Despite a major decline in incidence and mortality over several decades, stomach cancer is still the fourth most common cancer… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Dietary nitrite supplementation protects against myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury
Nitrite has emerged as an endogenous signaling molecule with potential therapeutic implications for cardiovascular disease… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Dietary Nitrites and Nitrates, Nitrosatable Drugs, and Neural Tube Defects
Background: Amine-containing (nitrosatable) drugs can react with nitrite to form N-nitroso compounds, some of which are… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Pancreatic cancer and drinking water and dietary sources of nitrate and nitrite.
N-Nitroso compounds, known animal carcinogens, are formed endogenously from drinking water and dietary sources of nitrate and… 
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