Nitrosamines are a group of molecules essentially composed of nitrogen and oxygen. Found in many areas, nitrosamines can be found in food products, plastics, cosmetics and some drugs (as a solvent).
The production of nitrosamines can be voluntary, or not, and occurs in two different ways:
- the first one consists in a reaction due to a nitrosating agent in the product studied
- the second is the presence of an amine ingredient under storage (or production) conditions that favor the formation of nitrosamines.
Therefore, there are several nitrosamines:
- NDMA (CASE: 62-75-9)
- NDEA (CASE: 55-18-5)
- NEIPA (CASE: 16339-04-1)
- NDIPA (CASE: 601-77-4)
- NMBA (CASE: 61445-55-4)
- NDBA (CASE: 924-16-3)
- NMPA (CASE: 614-00-3)
- NDPA (CASE: 621-64-7)