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. 1970 Aug;118(5):765–771. doi: 10.1042/bj1180765

Formation of mercapturic acids in rats after the administration of aralkyl esters

J J Clapp 1,*, L Young 1
PMCID: PMC1179286  PMID: 5476720

Abstract

1. Benzylmercapturic acid and hippuric acid were isolated from the urine of rats that had been injected subcutaneously with benzyl acetate. 2. 1-Menaphthylmercapturic acid and 1-naphthoic acid were isolated from the urine of rats after the subcutaneous injection of each of the following compounds: 1-menaphthyl alcohol and its acetate, propionate, butyrate and benzoate esters. 3. A quantitative method for determining 1-menaphthylmercapturic acid in urine was developed and used to measure the excretion of this compound in the urine of rats in the 4-day period after the subcutaneous injection of 1-menaphthyl alcohol and its acetate, propionate, butyrate and benzoate esters. 4. Chromatographic evidence was obtained for the presence of S-(1-menaphthyl)glutathione and S-(1-menaphthyl)-l-cysteine in bile collected from rats with cannulated bile ducts after the animals had been injected subcutaneously with each of the following compounds: S-(1-menaphthyl)glutathione, 1-menaphthyl acetate, propionate and butyrate. 5. Benzylmercapturic acid and 1-menaphthylmercapturic acid were isolated from the urine of rats that had been injected with sodium benzyl sulphate and sodium 1-menaphthyl sulphate respectively.

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