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    Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP or B[a]P) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and the result of incomplete combustion of organic matter at temperatures between 300 °C...
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    Group 3 carcinogen by the IARC. Benzopyrene Benzo[a]pyrene Benzene Pyrene, a four-ring analogue "Benzo[e]pyrene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 32, 1983)"...
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  • Thumbnail for (+)-Benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide
    (+)-Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide is an organic compound with molecular formula C20H14O3. It is a metabolite and derivative of benzo[a]pyrene...
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    fusion products of pyrene and a phenylene group. Two isomeric species of benzopyrene are benzo[a]pyrene and the less common benzo[e]pyrene. They belong to...
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    carcinogens that are comparable to those found in cigarette smoke (i.e., benzo[a]pyrene). Charring of food looks like coking and tobacco pyrolysis, and produces...
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  • Thumbnail for Dibenzopyrenes
    dibenzo[a,l]pyrene is a constituent of tobacco smoke and is thought to be 30 to 100 times more potent as a carcinogen than benzo[a]pyrene. The four...
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    Tetracene Chrysene Triphenylene Pyrene Pentacene Perylene Benzo[a]pyrene Corannulene Benzo[ghi]perylene Coronene Ovalene Benzo[c]fluorene Most PAHs, like naphthalene...
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  • Thumbnail for Yerba mate
    Yerba mate (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    involves smoking them they contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as benzo(a)pyrene, which are carcinogenic. It has been...
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    hydrocarbons, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (such as naphthalene and benzo(a)pyrene), solvents, pesticides, lead, and other heavy metals. Contamination...
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    Pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of four fused benzene rings, resulting in a flat aromatic system. The chemical formula is...
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  • limits set by the World Health Organization. Alpha-benzopyrene (or benzo-a-pyrene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) present in many foods, especially...
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    common pollutants. Benzopyrene is also converted to an epoxide, (+)-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-epoxide. Benzene oxide (C6H6O) exists as an equilibrium mixture...
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    identified as a polyaromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), benzo[a]pyrene. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons are also present in soot, which was suggested to be a causative...
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    benzo[a]pyrene from coal tar extract. Benzo[a]pyrene now has been well characterized in toxicology reports and is a known potent carcinogen. Benzo[a]pyrene...
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    enzyme is involved in the toxification of benzo[a]pyrene into (+)-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide, a highly carcinogenic substance. Another related...
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    A burn pit is an area of a United States military base in which waste is disposed of by burning. According to the United States Army field manual, there...
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  • tremolite) Azathioprine Benzene Benzidine, and dyes metabolized to Benzo[a]pyrene Beryllium and beryllium compounds 1,3-Butadiene 1,4-Butanediol dimethanesulfonate...
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  • Coal tar (category Chemicals that do not have a ChemSpider ID assigned)
    (4-rings: chrysene, fluoranthene, pyrene, triphenylene, naphthacene, benzanthracene, 5-rings: picene, benzo[a]pyrene, benzo[e]pyrene, benzofluoranthenes, perylene...
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    carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (benzo(a)pyrene, dibenzo(a,h)pyrene, and dibenzo(a,i)pyrene) as compared to others in which it was less effective...
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    environmental mutagens such as the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons benzo[a]pyrene and dibenzo[a,i]pyrene. Chlorophyllin also binds to acridine orange. Chlorophyllin...
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    hydrocarbons, PAH), for example, benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), by transforming it to an epoxide. In this reaction, the oxidation of benzo[a]pyrene is catalysed by CYP1A1...
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  • capacity of mammalian species to detoxify the carcinogenic chemical benzo[a]pyrene to a water-soluble form also correlates well with maximum life span. Short-term...
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    enzymes breaking down, e.g., carcinogenic polycyclic hydrocarbons such as benzo(a)pyrene. These polycyclic hydrocarbons also activate the AH receptor, but less...
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    molecular weight PAHs (more than 3 benzene rings) such as chrysene and benzo(a)pyrene. A strain of R. taiwanensis was shown to grow at constant gamma radiation...
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  • Mutations in the human p53 gene, for example, can be induced by exposure to benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) and the mutated copy of the p53 gene can be inserted into mouse...
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    them and for this reason they contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as benzo(a)pyrene, which are carcinogenic. It has been...
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    aromatic hydrocarbons (benzene, toluene, xylenes) and benzo(a)pyrene, which are known to be carcinogenic. A 2013 study found that gas flares contributed over...
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  • Acrylamide 0.10 μg/L Antimony 5.0 μg/L Arsenic 10 μg/L Benzene 1.0 μg/L Benzo(a)pyrene 0.010 μg/L Boron 1.0 mg/L Bromate 10 μg/L Cadmium 5.0 μg/L Chromium...
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    compared to benzo[a]pyrene (RPF). Although the concentrations measured of benzo[c]fluorene are quite low, when corrected for mutagenicity, benzo[c]fluorene...
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    tobacco smoke (e.g., hydrogen cyanide, formaldehyde, phenanthrene, and pyrene) do not fit neatly into this rather arbitrary classification, because they...
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