CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, Santa Cruz do Sul, 2005, A 15
Reduction of tobacco specific nitrosamines in air-cured tobacco
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...