"Benzopyrenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A class of chemicals that contain an anthracene ring with a naphthalene ring attached to it.
| Descriptor ID |
D001580
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.799.306 D04.615.799.306
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Benzopyrenes" by people in Profiles.
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Lakshman MK, Keeler JC, Ngassa FN, Hilmer JH, Pradhan P, Zajc B, Thomasson KA. Highly diastereoselective synthesis of nucleoside adducts from the carcinogenic benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide and a computational analysis. J Am Chem Soc. 2007 Jan 10; 129(1):68-76.
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Qiao Z, Udeochu U, Jimerson T, Fletcher M, Bakare O, Hosten CM. Detection of benzopyrene-deoxyguanosine adducts by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2006; 20(3):487-92.
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Meehan T, Wolfe AR, Negrete GR, Song Q. Benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA cis adduct formation through a trans chlorohydrin intermediate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Mar 04; 94(5):1749-54.
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Busbee DL, Guyden J, Kingston T, Rose FL, Cantrell ET. Metabolism of benzo(a)pyrene in animals with high aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase levels and high rates of spontaneous cancer. Cancer Lett. 1978 Feb; 4(2):61-7.
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Cantrell ET, Abreu-Greenberg M, Guyden J, Busbee DL. Metabolism of diphenyloxazole (PPO) by mouse liver microsomes. Life Sci. 1975 Aug 01; 17(3):317-21.