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Comparative Mutagenicity of Triethylenemelamine, Trenimon, and Ethylenimine

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Comparative Chemical Mutagenesis

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Triethylenemelamine (TEM), also referred to as 2,4,6-tris(1-aziridinyl)-s-triazine, 2,4, 6-tris(ethylenimino)-s-triazine, 2,4,6-triethylenimino-1,3,5-triazine, Tretamine, triethanomelamine has the structure I (MW 204.2).

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Ramel, C. (1981). Comparative Mutagenicity of Triethylenemelamine, Trenimon, and Ethylenimine. In: De Serres, F.J., Shelby, M.D. (eds) Comparative Chemical Mutagenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3409-5_32

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