Components of cigarette smoke with ciliary-depressant activity
Journal Article
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· New Engl. J. Med.; (United States)
Measurement of ciliary movement of soot-spore powder along exteriorized rabbit trachea during exposure to puffs of cigarette smoke or its gaseous components was studied. Cigarette smoke inhibited ciliary activity within a few puffs. Those gases which produced ciliary inhibition (50% decrease) included: formaldehyde, acrolein, HCN, NH/sub 3/, and NO/sub 2/. SO/sub 2/ also inhibited activity, but it is not present in the smoke. Gases rather than particles are responsible for inhibition.
- OSTI ID:
- 6288660
- Journal Information:
- New Engl. J. Med.; (United States), Journal Name: New Engl. J. Med.; (United States) Vol. 269; ISSN NEJMA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACROLEIN
AEROSOLS
ALDEHYDES
AMMONIA
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
FORMALDEHYDE
GASES
HYDRIDES
HYDROCYANIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INHIBITION
INORGANIC ACIDS
MAMMALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RABBITS
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY TRACT CELLS
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
SMOKES
SOLS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOBACCO SMOKES
TRACHEA
VERTEBRATES
560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACROLEIN
AEROSOLS
ALDEHYDES
AMMONIA
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
CHALCOGENIDES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
FORMALDEHYDE
GASES
HYDRIDES
HYDROCYANIC ACID
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INHIBITION
INORGANIC ACIDS
MAMMALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN DIOXIDE
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
NITROGEN OXIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RABBITS
RESIDUES
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
RESPIRATORY TRACT CELLS
RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS
SMOKES
SOLS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
TOBACCO SMOKES
TRACHEA
VERTEBRATES