Code
160E34011
Duration
31 December 2011 → 31 August 2015
Funding
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Agricultural and food sciences
- Veterinary public health and food safety
Keywords
processing
digestion
nitrite
meat
antioxidants
Project description
The objective of this project is to investigate the effect of nitrite-cured meat products on the formation and toxic activity of nitrosylation products in the gastro-intestinal tract, and to examine the preventive role of antioxidants and other minor food compounds.