Figure 2.
Conversion of nitrate and nitrite into nitrosamines. NO3−: nitrate, NO2−: nitrite, NO: nitric oxide, HNO2: nitrous acid, H2N2O: nitrosamines, HN2O2: nitrosamides, Vit C: vitamin C. Adapted from Berends et al., 2019 [40].
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