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A family of chemically stable forms of inorganic nitrogen, which are formed as part of the natural breakdown of organic matter. Nitrates are ingested in vegetables and absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract; an estimated 25% of absorbed nitrates are released into the saliva, 20% of which are converted into nitrites. Nitrates are manufactured for use as fertilisers and explosives and tend to accumulate in the environment, as the uptake of nitrates by plants is relatively slow.

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Otlog, "Content of nitrates and nitrites in early vegetables and potatoes sold in the marketplace of Bialystok in the year 1992," Roczniki Panstwowego Zakladu Higieny, vol.

Determining nitrate and nitrite content in beverages, fruits, vegetables, and stews marketed in Arak, Iran

Their results indicate that winter rye crops seeded in not-ill corn/soybean systems when the cash crops were mature have the potential to reduce annual nitrate loss in field drainage by about 43 percent, or by 18 pounds per acre.

Modeling nutrient loss from Midwest crop fields

Methods: In this experiment Hematological and serobiochemical parameters as well as histopathological examination of liver and kidney were estimated in 5 assigned groups as follows the 1st group served as a control the 2nd group was orally received sodium nitrate 1gm/L drinking waterfor 8 weeks.

EVALUATION OF THE PROTECTIVE EFFECT OFASCORBIC ACIDAND/OR THYYMOQUINONE ON NITRATE TOXICITY IN RABBITS

Nitrates turn to nitrites when they reached the mouth or stomach then turn into nitric oxide, which can be good, and nitrosamines, which can be bad for our bodies.

Nitrates: Are They Good Or Bad?

Nitrate contents are higher in stems of numerous fodder crops than in leaves, as those parts which are closer to the ground contain more nitrates; roots and stem typically have higher nitrate levels, followed by leaves (Westcott et al., 1998; Malagoli et al., 2005; Qiu et al., 2014).

Influence of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Nitrate Contents of Plants: A Prospective Aspect of Nitrate Poisoning in Dairy Animals

Negative results of tests on the content of nitrates showed melon, beet and lettuce.

Russian Federation : What Does Testing Vegetables According to Gost

'This is the first time the effects of dietary nitrates on muscular degeneration risk has been measured, ' said lead researcher Bamini Gopinath from Westmead Institute for Medical Research in Australia.

Eating spinach, beetroot could help prevent vision loss

[USA], Oct 22 ( ANI ): According to a new study eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce your risk of developing early-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that causes vision loss.

Eating leafy greens could prevent vision loss

Insufficient concentrations of plant-available forms of nitrogen, such as nitrate, can limit crop yields and primary production in terrestrial and aquatic environments (Conley et al., 2009; Havlin, Beaton, Tisdale, & Nelson, 1999).

Evaluation of Nitrate Concentrations and Potential Sources of Nitrate in Private Water Supply Wells in North Carolina

Nitrate, ubiquitously present in the environment as one of the components in the nitrogen cycle, is an essential nutrient to the growth of vegetables.

Analysis of Leafy Vegetable Nitrate Using a Modified Spectrometric Method

The occurrence of a drought period followed by a rainy period is considered an important factor that results in the increase of nitrate concentration in the plants, causing an accelerated growth and absortion of toxic levels of nitrates (RIET-ALVARIZA, 1993; CHEEKE, 1998; RADOSTITS et al., 2007).

Nitrate/nitrite poisoning in dairy cattle from the Midwestern Minas Gerais, Brazil/Intoxicacao por nitrato/nitrito em bovinos leiteiros da regiao Centro-Oeste de Minas Gerais

Some people use the words nitrites and nitrates interchangeably, but they're both different compounds.