Description
Glycidamide is an epoxide metabolite of acrylamide, a food contaminant that exhibits carcinogenic activity. Glycidamide induces DNA adduct formation and A-G and A-T mutations in vivo.
References
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Von Tungeln LS, Churchwell MI, Doerge DR, et al. DNA adduct formation and induction of micronuclei and mutations in B6C3F1/Tk mice treated neonatally with acrylamide or glycidamide. Int J Cancer. 2009 May 1;124(9):2006-15. PMID: 19123476.