Metabolic activation of benzo(a)pyrene proceeds by a diol-epoxide

Nature. 1974 Nov 22;252(5481):326-8. doi: 10.1038/252326a0.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzopyrenes / metabolism*
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Carcinogens / metabolism*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Cricetinae
  • DNA / metabolism*
  • Embryo, Mammalian / metabolism
  • Hydrolysis
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Oxides
  • Tritium

Substances

  • Benzopyrenes
  • Carbon Radioisotopes
  • Carcinogens
  • Oxides
  • Tritium
  • DNA