TY  - BOOK
AU  - L'Hirondel,J.
AU  - L'Hirondel,J.L.
TI  - Nitrate and man: toxic, harmless or beneficial?
T2  - CABI Books
SN  - 9781845933319
PY  - 2001///
CY  - WallingfordUK
PB  - CABI Publishing
KW  - food policy
KW  - Chordata
KW  - food contaminants
KW  - nitrate
KW  - Homo
KW  - regulations
KW  - man
KW  - communicable diseases
KW  - vegetables
KW  - disease prevention
KW  - eukaryotes
KW  - vertebrates
KW  - neoplasms
KW  - food intake
KW  - human diseases
KW  - vegetable crops
KW  - physiology
KW  - toxicity
KW  - food contamination
KW  - mammals
KW  - animals
KW  - infectious diseases
KW  - rules
KW  - primates
KW  - pathogenesis
KW  - food safety
KW  - tap water
KW  - cancers
KW  - Hominidae
KW  - digestive disorders
KW  - drinking water
KW  - cardiovascular diseases
N2  - Nitrate is ubiquitous.  It is present in water, soil, plants and food, and is also a normal human metabolite.  The main external sources of nitrate are vegetables and drinking water.  This book examines the relationship between nitrates and human health.  During the last 50 years or so, nitrate has been feared as the source of the rare condition called methaemoglobinaemia, or blue baby syndrome"", for young infants.  Nitrate has also been implicated with causing cancer, through increased formation of carcinogenic compounds.  Both claims are based on dubious evidence.  This book sets out research results to disprove these assumptions, and goes on to explore the beneficial effects of nitrate in preventing infections, cancer and cardiovascular diseases.  It is essential reading for researchers in medicine, and those in agriculture and food industries
UR  - https://cabi-prod.literatumonline.com/action/showBook?doi=10.1079%2F9780851995663.0000
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