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Cytrel

synthetic cellulose derivative containing no nicotine & 1/3 to 1/7 the tar of tobacco; used as tobacco substitute or supplement

Networked: 3 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

Bio-Agent Context: Research Results

Related Diseases

1.	Carcinoma (Carcinomatosis) 09/01/1979 - "However, the amounts of tar deposited in the larynx when 100% Cytrel was smoked were still significant, even though no carcinomas were observed. " 09/01/1979 - "Admixture of Cytrel to cigarettes reduced tar deposition in the respiratory tract, which paralleled the decrease in the incidence of laryngeal carcinoma. " 09/01/1979 - "Smoke from cigarettes containing only Cytrel and no tobacco induced no carcinomas under the conditions used. " 04/01/1976 - "SC from type 324 Cytrel, applied at the even higher dose of 365 mg/mouse/week, caused papillomas or carcinomas in only 22.0% of the animals, as compared with 39.1% of mice after adminstration of 245 mg SC from the American blend of cigarette tobacco; this was the highest dose that could be achieved with a test material containing nicotine. "
2.	Carcinogenesis 09/01/1979 - "When a portion of tobacco was replaced in the cigarettes by a tobacco supplement, Cytrel (a trademark of the Celanese Corp., Charlotte, N.C.), a reduction of carcinogenesis proportionate to the Cytrel content of the cigarette took place. "
3.	Papilloma (Papillomatosis) 04/01/1976 - "SC from type 324 Cytrel, applied at the even higher dose of 365 mg/mouse/week, caused papillomas or carcinomas in only 22.0% of the animals, as compared with 39.1% of mice after adminstration of 245 mg SC from the American blend of cigarette tobacco; this was the highest dose that could be achieved with a test material containing nicotine. "
4.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 01/01/1982 - "Histopathological examinations of tumours indicated a reduction in malignancy of approximately 50% for all-Cytrel samples when compared with all-tobacco samples."

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