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Abstract
Crocidolite asbestos catalyzes the oxidation of 6-hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene, a metabolite of benzo[a]pyrene, to the 6-oxobenzo[a]pyrene radical as determined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. This may be a mechanism whereby inhaled asbestos enhances the incidence of lung cancer induced by cigarette smoke, which contains benzo[a]pyrene.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID： 2821915 DOI： 10.1016/0003-9861(87)90594-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Arch Biochem Biophys ISSN： 0003-9861 Impact factor: 4.013