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Acrylamide

Index Acrylamide

Acrylamide (or acrylic amide) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH2. [1]

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  1. 79 relations: Acrolein, Acrydite, Acrylonitrile, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, American Cancer Society, Amide, Asparagine, Baking, Barley, Barley tea, Cancer, Cancer Research UK, Carbonyl group, Carcinogen, Chemical formula, Chemistry World, Coffee, Deep fryer, Deep frying, Dermatitis, Developmental toxicity, Diet (nutrition), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, EPA list of extremely hazardous substances, Epidemiological method, Epidemiology, ETH Zurich, European Food Safety Authority, Flocculation, Food, Food and Drug Administration, French fries, Fructose, Frying, Glucose, Glutathione, Glycidamide, Health scare, Heterocyclic amine, IARC group 2A, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Irritation, Α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl compound, Maillard reaction, Methyl acrylate, National Cancer Institute, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Toxicology Program, Neoplasm, Neurotoxicity, ... Expand index (29 more) »

  2. Acrylamides
  3. Reproductive toxicants
  4. Suspected fetotoxicants

Acrolein

Acrolein (systematic name: propenal) is the simplest unsaturated aldehyde. Acrylamide and Acrolein are hazardous air pollutants and IARC Group 2A carcinogens.

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Acrydite

Acrydite is a phosphoramidite that allows the synthesis of oligonucleotides with a methacryl group at the 5' end (less commonly 3' or internal). Acrylamide and Acrydite are carboxamides.

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Acrylonitrile

Acrylonitrile is an organic compound with the formula and the structure. Acrylamide and Acrylonitrile are hazardous air pollutants and monomers.

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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is a federal public health agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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American Cancer Society

The American Cancer Society (ACS) is a nationwide non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating cancer.

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Amide

In organic chemistry, an amide, also known as an organic amide or a carboxamide, is a compound with the general formula, where R, R', and R″ represent any group, typically organyl groups or hydrogen atoms. Acrylamide and amide are carboxamides.

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Asparagine

Asparagine (symbol Asn or N) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Acrylamide and Asparagine are carboxamides.

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Baking

Baking is a method of preparing food that uses dry heat, typically in an oven, but can also be done in hot ashes, or on hot stones.

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Barley

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally.

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Barley tea

Barley tea is a roasted-grain-based infusion made from barley.

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Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

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Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation.

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Carbonyl group

For organic chemistry, a carbonyl group is a functional group with the formula, composed of a carbon atom double-bonded to an oxygen atom, and it is divalent at the C atom.

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Carcinogen

A carcinogen is any agent that promotes the development of cancer.

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Chemical formula

A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.

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Chemistry World

Chemistry World is a monthly chemistry news magazine published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Coffee

Coffee is a beverage brewed from roasted coffee beans.

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Deep fryer

A deep fryer (also referred to as a deep fat fryer) is a kitchen appliance used for deep frying.

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Deep frying

Deep frying (also referred to as deep fat frying) is a cooking method in which food is submerged in hot fat, traditionally lard but today most commonly oil, as opposed to the shallow frying used in conventional frying done in a frying pan.

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Dermatitis

Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash.

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Developmental toxicity

Developmental toxicity is any developmental malformation that is caused by the toxicity of a chemical or pathogen.

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Diet (nutrition)

In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.

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Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act

The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 is a United States federal law passed by the 99th United States Congress located at Title 42, Chapter 116 of the U.S. Code, concerned with emergency response preparedness.

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EPA list of extremely hazardous substances

This is the list of extremely hazardous substances defined in Section 302 of the U.S. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

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Epidemiological method

The science of epidemiology has matured significantly from the times of Hippocrates, Semmelweis and John Snow.

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Epidemiology

Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population.

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ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland.

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European Food Safety Authority

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain.

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Flocculation

In colloidal chemistry, flocculation is a process by which colloidal particles come out of suspension to sediment in the form of floc or flake, either spontaneously or due to the addition of a clarifying agent.

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Food

Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support.

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Food and Drug Administration

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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French fries

French fries (North American English & British English), and chips (British and other national varieties), finger chips (Indian English), french-fried potatoes, or simply fries are batonnet or allumette-cut deep-fried potatoes of disputed origin from Belgium or France.

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Fructose

Fructose, or fruit sugar, is a ketonic simple sugar found in many plants, where it is often bonded to glucose to form the disaccharide sucrose.

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Frying

Frying is the cooking of food in oil or another fat.

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Glucose

Glucose is a sugar with the molecular formula.

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Glutathione

Glutathione (GSH) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Glycidamide

Glycidamide is an organic compound with the formula H2NC(O)C2H3O. Acrylamide and Glycidamide are carboxamides.

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Health scare

A health scare can be broadly defined as a social phenomenon whereby the public at large comes to fear some threat to health, based on suppositions which are nearly always not well-founded.

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Heterocyclic amine

Heterocyclic amines, also sometimes referred to as HCAs, are chemical compounds containing at least one heterocyclic ring, which by definition has atoms of at least two different elements, as well as at least one amine (nitrogen-containing) group.

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IARC group 2A

IARC group 2A agents are substances and exposure circumstances that have been classified as probable carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). Acrylamide and IARC group 2A are IARC Group 2A carcinogens.

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International Agency for Research on Cancer

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC; Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer, CIRC) is an intergovernmental agency forming part of the World Health Organization of the United Nations.

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Irritation

Irritation, in biology and physiology, is a state of inflammation or painful reaction to allergy or cell-lining damage.

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Α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl compound

α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds are organic compounds with the general structure (O.

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Maillard reaction

The Maillard reaction is a chemical reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars to create melanoidins, the compounds which give browned food its distinctive flavor.

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Methyl acrylate

Methyl acrylate is an organic compound, more accurately the methyl ester of acrylic acid. Acrylamide and methyl acrylate are monomers.

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National Cancer Institute

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coordinates the United States National Cancer Program and is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is one of eleven agencies that are part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is the United States federal agency responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.

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National Toxicology Program

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is an inter-agency program run by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to coordinate, evaluate, and report on toxicology within public agencies.

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Neoplasm

A neoplasm is a type of abnormal and excessive growth of tissue.

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Neurotoxicity

Neurotoxicity is a form of toxicity in which a biological, chemical, or physical agent produces an adverse effect on the structure or function of the central and/or peripheral nervous system.

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is a regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.

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Organic compound

Some chemical authorities define an organic compound as a chemical compound that contains a carbon–hydrogen or carbon–carbon bond; others consider an organic compound to be any chemical compound that contains carbon.

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Peanut

The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.

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Pear

Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in late summer into mid-autumn.

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Peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy, often shortened to neuropathy, refers to damage or disease affecting the nerves.

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Phytochemical

Phytochemicals are chemical compounds produced by plants, generally to help them resist fungi, bacteria and plant virus infections, and also consumption by insects and other animals.

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Polyacrylamide

Polyacrylamide (abbreviated as PAM or pAAM) is a polymer with the formula (-CH2CHCONH2-). It has a linear-chain structure. Acrylamide and Polyacrylamide are Acrylamides.

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) is a class of organic compounds that is composed of multiple aromatic rings.

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Polymerization

In polymer chemistry, polymerization (American English), or polymerisation (British English), is a process of reacting monomer molecules together in a chemical reaction to form polymer chains or three-dimensional networks.

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Poppers

Poppers (or popper or poppe) is a slang term referring to recreational drugs belonging to the alkyl nitrite family of chemical compounds.

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Potato

The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world.

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Potato chip

A potato chip (NAmE and AuE; often just chip) or crisp (BrE and IrE) is a thin slice of potato (or a thin deposit of potato paste) that has been deep fried, baked, or air fried until crunchy.

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Prune

A prune is a dried plum, most commonly from the European plum (Prunus domestica) tree.

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Pyrolysis

Pyrolysis is the process of thermal decomposition of materials at elevated temperatures, often in an inert atmosphere.

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Reducing sugar

A reducing sugar is any sugar that is capable of acting as a reducing agent.

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Rice cracker

A rice cracker is an East Asian cracker made from bleached or unbleached rice flour.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences".

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Science and technology studies

Science and technology studies (STS) or science, technology, and society is an interdisciplinary field that examines the creation, development, and consequences of science and technology in their historical, cultural, and social contexts.

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Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.

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Substance of very high concern

A substance of very high concern (SVHC) is a chemical substance (or part of a group of chemical substances) which has been proposed as a candidate for inclusion on the Authorization or Restriction list (see) of REACH.

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Sulfuric acid

Sulfuric acid (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphuric acid (Commonwealth spelling), known in antiquity as oil of vitriol, is a mineral acid composed of the elements sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen, with the molecular formula.

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Sweet potato

The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae.

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Thickening agent

A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties.

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Tobacco smoking

Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and ingesting the resulting smoke.

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Tumor initiation

Tumor initiation is defined as "a process in which normal cells are changed so that they are able to form tumors".

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO or GPO), formerly the United States Government Printing Office, is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States Federal government.

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Vacuum fryer

A vacuum fryer is a deep-frying device housed inside a vacuum chamber.

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Water

Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.

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See also

Acrylamides

Reproductive toxicants

Suspected fetotoxicants

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide

Also known as 2-Propenamide, Acrylamide monomer, Acrylamide poisoning, Acrylamides, Acrylic amide, Prop-2-enamide, Propenamide.

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