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. 1970 Dec;120(3):505–508. doi: 10.1042/bj1200505

Measurement of uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid concentrations and synthesis in animal tissues

V Zhivkov 1
PMCID: PMC1179630  PMID: 5499963

Abstract

1. A method for the isolation from animal tissues of UDP-glucuronic acid by one-dimensional paper chromatography is described and its concentrations in some tissues of several species of vertebrates are reported; the incorporation of [32P]-phosphate into UDP-glucuronic acid in vivo was also investigated. 2. The concentration of UDP-glucuronic acid was higher in the liver of rats, rabbits and guinea pigs than in the same tissue of some species of birds, amphibia and fishes; also, the concentration of UDP-glucuronic acid in rat liver, kidney and small intestine was several times lower than that of the same tissues of guinea pigs. 3. The rate of [32P]-phosphate incorporation into UDP-glucuronic acid was very high in rat liver and kidney and almost reached equilibrium with the radioactivity of UDP-glucose 30min after the administration of the [32P]phosphate.

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