Flashcards: IARC Group 2A carcinogens

Lead(II) nitrate is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Pb(NO3)2.

N-Nitroso-N-methylurea (NMU) is a highly reliable carcinogen, mutagen, and teratogen.

Commonly, especially in gastronomy, red meat or dark meat is red when raw and dark in color when cooked, in contrast to white meat, which is pale in color before and after cooking.

1,2-Dibromoethane, also known as ethylene dibromide (EDB), is the organobromine compound with the chemical formula (CH2Br)2.

Doxorubicin, sold under the trade names Adriamycin among others, is a medication used in cancer chemotherapy.

Mate (Spanish: [ˈmate], Portuguese: [ˈmatʃi]; sometimes hypercorrected as maté in English, but never in Spanish or Portuguese, where it is often called "jerba"), also known as yerba mate, chimarrão (Portuguese: [ʃimɐˈʁɐ̃w̃]) or cimarrón (Spanish: [simaˈron]), is a traditional South American caffeine-rich infused drink, particularly in Argentina (where it is defined by law as the "national infusion"), Uruguay, Paraguay, the Bolivian Chaco, and Southern Brazil.

Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of bacterial infections.

Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant.

Tetrachloroethylene, also known under the systematic name tetrachloroethene, or perchloroethylene ("perc" or "PERC"), and many other names, is a chlorocarbon with the formula Cl2C=CCl2.

Lead(II) chloride (PbCl2) is an inorganic compound which is a white solid under ambient conditions.

Cisplatin is a chemotherapy agent.

Benzyl chloride, or α-chlorotoluene, is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CH2Cl.

Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) is a chemical compound with the formula C2F4.

Dimethyl sulfate is a chemical compound with formula (CH3O)2SO2.

Lomustine (INN), abbreviated CCNU (original brand name (formerly available) is CeeNU, now marketed as Gleostine), is an alkylating nitrosourea compound used in chemotherapy.

Carmustine (bis-chloroethylnitrosourea, BCNU, BiCNU) is a medication used mainly for chemotherapy and sometimes for immunosuppression before organ transplantation.

Indium phosphide (InP) is a binary semiconductor composed of indium and phosphorus.

Azacitidine (INN; trade name Vidaza) is a chemical analog of cytidine, a nucleoside in DNA and RNA.

Teniposide (trade name Vumon) is a chemotherapeutic medication used in the treatment of childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), Hodgkin's lymphoma, certain brain tumours, and other types of cancer.

Pioglitazone (brand name Actos) is a prescription drug of the thiazolidinedione (TZD) class with hypoglycemic (antihyperglycemic, antidiabetic) action to treat diabetes.

Procarbazine (Matulane (US), Natulan (Canada), Indicarb (India) is an antineoplastic chemotherapy drug for the treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma and certain brain cancers (such as glioblastoma multiforme). It is a member of a group of medicines called alkylating agents. The drug is metabolized and activated in the liver. It also inhibits MAO thus increasing the effects of sympathomimetics, TCAs, and tyramine. It gained FDA Approved in July 1969. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.

Triplatin tetranitrate (rINN; also known as BBR3464) is a platinum-based cytotoxic drug that underwent clinical trials for the treatment of human cancer.

Benz[a]anthracene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C18H12.

Anabolic steroids, also known more properly as anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS), are steroidal androgens that are structurally related to and have similar effects as testosterone in the body.

Dichloromethane (DCM, or methylene chloride) is an organic compound with the formula CH2Cl2.

Epichlorohydrin (abbreviated ECH) is an organochlorine compound and an epoxide.

Ethyl carbamate (also called urethane) is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C3H7NO2 first prepared in the nineteenth century.

Dimethylcarbamoyl chloride is a reagent for transferring a dimethylcarbonyl group to alcoholic or phenolic hydroxyl groups forming dimethyl carbamates, usually having pharmacological or pesticidal activities.

Methylnitronitrosoguanidine (MNNG or MNG) is a biochemical tool used experimentally as a carcinogen and mutagen.

1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) is a chemical compound that is commonly used as an industrial solvent.

1,2-Dimethylhydrazine, or symmetrical dimethylhydrazine, is one of the three isomers of dimethylhydrazine.

Captafol is a fungicide.

N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), also known as dimethylnitrosamine (DMN), is a semi-volatile organic chemical, produced as by-product of several industrial processes and present at very low levels in certain foodstuffs, especially those cooked, smoked, or cured.

Benzoyl chloride, also known as benzenecarbonyl chloride, is an organochlorine compound with the formula C6H5COCl.

Styrene oxide is an epoxide derived from styrene.

Bergapten (5-methoxypsoralen) is a psoralen (also known as furocoumarins) found in bergamot essential oil, in other citrus essential oils, and in grapefruit juice.

Glycidol is an organic compound that contains both epoxide and alcohol functional groups.

Benzal chloride is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CHCl2.

Phenanthriplatin or cis-[Pt(NH3)2-(phenanthridine)Cl]NO3 is a new drug candidate.

Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate ("tris") is a chemical once widely used as a flame retardant in plastics and textiles.

ENU, also known as N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (chemical formula C3H7N3O2), is a highly potent mutagen.

Methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) is an alkylating agent and a carcinogen.

Vinyl bromide is a simple vinyl halide.

Vinyl fluoride is an organic halide with the chemical formula C2H3F.

Diethyl sulfate is a highly toxic and likely carcinogenic chemical compound with formula (C2H5)2SO4.

Benzotrichloride, also known as trichlorotoluene is an organic compound with the formula C6H5CCl3.

Chlorozotocin is a nitrosourea.