CORESTA Meeting, Agronomy/Phytopathology, 2011, Santiago, AP 03
Lowering TSNAs through nitrite reductase activity
Advanced Technologies Ltd., Cambridge, UK (holding of British American Tobacco Ltd.)
Tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNAs) are compounds in tobacco that have been shown to be carcinogenic. TSNAs are formed by the nitrosation of tobacco alkaloids with the main nitrosating agent believed to be nitrite. High levels of nitrate...