硝基芳香化合物是一类主要的环境致突剂,由有机物的不完全氧化形成并存在于内燃机尾气、各种工业、民用排出物中,能致突变和致癌,危害人类健康。抗致突剂可使这些致突的基因毒性化合物失活,因而可能预防癌症。 Nitroaromatic compounds are a major class of environmental agents that are formed by the incomplete oxidation of organic substances and are found in exhaust gases of internal combustion engines, various industries, and consumer effluents. They are mutagenic and carcinogenic and endanger human health. Anti-emergents can inactivate these catastrophic genotoxic compounds and may therefore prevent cancer.