CORESTA Congress, New Orleans, 2002, ST 13
Biological monitoring for the exposure to alkylating agents
ABF Analytisch-Biologisches Forschungslabor GmbH, Munich, Germany
Tobacco smoke has been shown to be capable of alkylating nucleophilic centers in biological macromolecules (DNA, RNA, proteins, glutathione) and thus giving rise to various forms of cell damage. The potential precursors in smoke are volatile and...