N-nitrosodimethylamine
Sign in to saveAlso known as dimethylnitrosamine, N,N-dimethylnitrosamine, DMNA, n-methyl-n-nitroso-methanamine, NDMA, n-nitroso-n,n-dimethylamine, N -Nitrosodimethylamine, NDMA
'''N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), also known as dimethylnitrosamine (DMN'''), is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NNO. It is one of the simplest members of a large class of nitrosamines. It is a volatile yellow oil. NDMA has attracted wide attention as being highly hepatotoxic and a known carcinogen in laboratory animals.
Research
4,763 papers- Risk characterization of N-nitrosodimethylamine in pharmaceuticals.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 2024
- N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) contamination of ranitidine products: A review of recent findings.Journal of food and drug analysis · 2021
- The Finding of N-Nitrosodimethylamine in Common Medicines.The oncologist · 2020
- Ranitidine and Risk of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation.JAMA · 2021
- N-nitrosodimethylamine.IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to man · 1978
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Occurrence
- Drinking water
- Cured meat
- Rocket fuel
- Regulation
- United States
- European Union
- Chemistry
- As a poison
- Drug contamination
- Effect on biological systems
- References
- External links
'''N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), also known as dimethylnitrosamine (DMN'''), is an organic compound with the formula (CH3)2NNO. It is one of the simplest members of a large class of nitrosamines. It is a volatile yellow oil. NDMA has attracted wide attention as being highly hepatotoxic and a known carcinogen in laboratory animals.
==Occurrence==
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