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. 1988 Jan;38(3):271-3.
doi: 10.1016/0304-3835(88)90018-3.

Occurrence of volatile N-nitrosamines in dried chillies

A R Tricker  1 , M Siddiqi, R Preussmann
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Occurrence of volatile N-nitrosamines in dried chillies

A R Tricker et al. Cancer Lett. 1988 Jan.

Abstract

Twenty samples of dried chillies, fresh chillies and chilli sauces have been analysed for the presence of volatile N-nitrosamines. Over 75% of both dried whole chillies and chilli powder samples analysed contained N-nitrosodimethylamine and N-nitrosopyrrolidine (NPYR) at concentrations of 0.66-16.5 micrograms/kg and 0.48-6.0 micrograms/kg, respectively. Fresh chillies and chilli sauces were not found to contain volatile N-nitrosamines.

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