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    Reduction of tobacco specific nitrosamines in air-cured tobacco

    LI Qinglin; KRAUSS M.; COLASSACO D.; BOKELMAN G.; GADANI F.; ROSSI L.
    Philip Morris USA, Research Center, Richmond, VA, USA
    Antioxidants, such as phenolics, tocopherols and carotenoids in tobacco leaves, are known to interfere with oxidation processes through chain-breaking reactions or through scavenging of free radicals. The induction or up-regulation of these and other...