The results of research on traditional medicine of china show the primary bioactivity of nitric oxide blood vessels and the ability to change nitrate to nitrite or nitric oxide .
A study published earlier this year in the journal of food protection found that natural hot dogs had anywhere from one-half to 10 times the amount of nitrite that conventional hot dogs contained .
Consumers have also been repeatedly poisoned by excessive levels of the chemical nitrite in meat , feng ping , a professor at the beijing academy of food sciences , told an international food-safety conference last month .
Objective to determine the nitrite content of unpacked salted vegetables marketed in xinxiang city .
结论新乡市市售的散装盐腌菜中亚硝酸盐含量基本合格。
The processing or curing of meats ( as with lunch meats and hot dogs ) is also a factor , since the procedure typically involves adding nitrate and nitrite substances chemical preservatives that were linked in this study to an increased cancer risk .