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IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans. Some Naturally Occurring Substances: Food Items and Constituents, Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines and Mycotoxins. Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 1993. (IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, No. 56.)

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Some Naturally Occurring Substances: Food Items and Constituents, Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines and Mycotoxins.

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SUMMARY OF FINAL EVALUATIONS

AgentDegree of evidence
of carcinogenicity
Overall evaluation
of carcinogenicity
to humans
HumanAnimal
Aflatoxins, naturally occurring mixtures ofSS1
Aflatoxin B1SS
Aflatoxin B2L
Aflatoxin G1S
Aflatoxin G2I
Aflatoxin M1IS2B
Caffeic acidIaS2B
IQ (2-Amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]-
quinoline)
S2Ab
d-LimoneneIaL3
MeIQ (2-Amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo-IS2B
[4,5-f]quinoline)
MeIQx (2-Amino-3,8-dimethylimidazo-IS2B
[4,5-f]quinoxaline)
Ochratoxin AIS2B
PhIP (2-Amino- l-methyl-6-phenylimidazo-IS2B
[4,5-b]pyridine)
Pickled vegetables, traditional AsianLI2B
Salted fish, Chinese-styleSL1
Toxins derived from Fusatium graminearum,
E culmorum and E crookwellense
I3
ZearalenoneL
DeoxynivalenolI
NivalenolI
Fusarenone XI
Toxins derived from Fusarium moniliformeIS2B
Fumonisin B1L
Fumonisin B2I
Fusarin CL+
Toxins derived from Fusarium
sporotrichioides
Ia3
T-2 ToxinL

S, sufficient evidence; L, limited evidence; I, inadequate evidence; for definitions of degrees of evidence and groupings of evaluations, see Preamble, pp. 26–29.

a

No data available

b

Other relevant data taken into account in making the overall evaluation

©International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1993.
Bookshelf ID: NBK513559

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