2. Chemistry of heterocyclic aromatic amines
Heterocyclic amines are a group of 20 different chemical compoundswhich
are produced during cooking ofmeat (Sugimura,1997).
Chemically, HAAs consist of heterocyclic rings and nitrogencontaining
compounds called amines. HAAs are further classified as
amino amidazo azoarenes (AIAs) and amino carbolines (Jagerstad,
Skog, Arvidsson, & Solyakov, 1998). AIAs are the products of a reaction
between amino acids creatine, creatinine and hexose during