TY - JOUR AU1 - Davies, W AU2 - Wilmshurst, J R AB - IN CARCINOGENS FORMED THE HEATING OF FOODSTUFFS. AT FORMATION OF FROM STARCH 370-3900 C. 3,4-BENZOPYRENE W. DAVIES AND J. R. WILMSHURST From the Australia Melbourne, Department of Chemistry, University of Received for March 17, publication THE is to determine whether well known detectable present investigation are formed in normal domestic for the situations, carcinogens example by heating of foods under conditions to those in household approximating applying cookery. the found in the soot obtained in the " " (BP) Though 3,4-benzopyrene smoking of foods and also in the smoked food itself arises from the wood which produces the smoke and 1957 and 1954 and Miiller, ; Dobes, Sula, (Tilgner Hopp Bailey in some cases the foodstuff itself when rise to can, 1958), heated, Dungal, give Thus nine aromatic BP have carcinogens. polycyclic hydrocarbons including been detected in coffee were not in the coffee beans soots, though they present before and Moreover in the " char " formed (Kuratsune 1958). heating Hueper, in " cakes " BP is detected a method (U.S.A.) making by spectrophotometric which as used Kuratsune is considered reliable by (1956) (Fieser, 1957). completely Another of BP is in tobacco group polycyclic hydrocarbons containing present smoke not TI - Carcinogens formed in the Heating of Foodstuffs. Formation of 3,4-Benzopyrene from Starch at 370-390° C JF - British Journal of Cancer DO - 10.1038/bjc.1960.34 DA - 1960-06-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/carcinogens-formed-in-the-heating-of-foodstuffs-formation-of-3-4-QaHyBygxnE SP - 295 EP - 299 VL - 14 IS - 2 DP - DeepDyve ER -