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    Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP or B[a]P) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and the result of incomplete combustion of organic matter at temperatures between 300 °C...
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    (+)-Benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide is an organic compound with molecular formula C20H14O3. It is a metabolite and derivative of benzo[a]pyrene...
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    fusion products of pyrene and a phenylene group. Two isomeric species of benzopyrene are benzo[a]pyrene and the less common benzo[e]pyrene. They belong to...
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    Group 3 carcinogen by the IARC. Benzopyrene Benzo[a]pyrene Benzene Pyrene, a four-ring analogue "Benzo[e]pyrene (IARC Summary & Evaluation, Volume 32, 1983)"...
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    carcinogens that are comparable to those found in cigarette smoke (i.e., benzo[a]pyrene). Charring of food looks like coking and tobacco pyrolysis, and produces...
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    Tetracene Chrysene Triphenylene Pyrene Pentacene Perylene Benzo[a]pyrene Corannulene Benzo[ghi]perylene Coronene Ovalene Benzo[c]fluorene Most PAHs, like naphthalene...
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    dibenzo[a,l]pyrene is a constituent of tobacco smoke and is thought to be 30 to 100 times more potent as a carcinogen than benzo[a]pyrene. The four...
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    common pollutants. Benzopyrene is also converted to an epoxide, (+)-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-epoxide. Benzene oxide (C6H6O) exists as an equilibrium mixture...
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    Pyrene is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) consisting of four fused benzene rings, resulting in a flat aromatic system. The chemical formula is...
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    Yerba mate (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    involves smoking them they contain a high number of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), such as benzo(a)pyrene, which are carcinogenic. It has been...
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