Abstract
1. The rates of decomposition of methyl methanesulphonate, dimethyl sulphate and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea in the rat were measured. 2. Dimethyl sulphate is no longer detectable in the blood of the rat 3min. after an intravenous dose (75mg./kg. body wt.). Methyl methanesulphonate is only just detectable in the blood 1½hr. after an intravenous dose (100mg./kg. body wt.). N-Methyl-N-nitrosourea is no longer detectable in the blood 15min. after an intravenous dose (100mg./kg. body wt.). 3. The exhalation of 14CO2 after an intragastric dose of N[14C]-methyl-N-nitrosourea (100mg./kg. body wt.) is appreciably slower than after an intravenous dose, from which it is estimated that the lifetime in the rat is 2–3hr.
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