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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Res. 2013 Jul 25;126:91–97. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2013.07.003

Table 1.

Parent phthalate diesters and corresponding urinary phthalate metabolites.

Parent phthalate diester Phthalate metabolite
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) Mono-(2-ethyl-5-hexyl) phthalate (MEHP)a
Mono- (2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (MEHHP)b
Mono-(2-ethyl-5-oxo-hexyl) phthalate (MEOHP)b
Mono-(2-ethyl-5-carboxypentyl) phthalate (MECPP)b
Benzylbutyl phthalate (BzBP) Mono-benzyl phthalate (MBzP)a
Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP)a
Diethyl phthalate (DEP) Mono-ethyl phthalate (MEP)a
Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) Mono-iso-butyl phthalate (MiBP)a
Mono-n-butyl phthalate (MnBP)a
a

Primary hydrolytic monoester metabolite.

b

Secondary oxidative monoester metabolite.

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