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. 2016 Sep 9;154(2):392–402. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfw176

TABLE 3.

[14C]-Radioactivity Recovered in Excreta and Major Tissues after Oral Administration of EH-TBB (0.1 µmol/kg) to Female SD Rats or Male B6C3F1/Tac Mice

Tissue Dose recovered Single Single Single Single Single (mouse) Repeated
1 h 4 h 8 h 24 h 24 h 24 h
Feces % 0.2 ± 0.2a 16 ± 8 42 ± 11 49 ± 13b 49 ± 14b 29 ± 3c
Urine % 0.3 ± 0.2 5 ± 2 19 ± 3 43 ± 13b 47 ± 14b 65 ± 4c
Stomach contents % 30 ± 9 13 ± 5 3 ± 1 n.d. n.d. n.d.
Small intestine contents % 46 ± 19 20 ± 6 5 ± 2 n.d. n.d. n.d.
Blood % 6 ± 1 13 ± 5 10 ± 3 1 ± 0.5 0.6 ± 0.3 0.3 ± 0.1
(pmol-eq/g) (4 ± 1) (9 ± 4) (7 ± 2) (0.001 ± 0.001) (0.0003 ± 0.0001) (0.4 ± 0.1)
Liver % 2 ± 1 5 ± 2 3 ± 0.3 0.3 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.02
(pmol-eq/g) (43 ± 26) (104 ± 51) (77 ± 3) (8 ± 4) (2 ± 2) (6 ± 1)
Adipose % 2 ± 2 2 ± 1 2 ± 2 0.6 ± 0.4 0.5 ± 0.5 0.6 ± 0.1
(pmol-eq/g) (15 ± 15) (22 ± 12) (22 ± 16) (7 ± 4) (3 ± 3) (11 ± 1)
Muscle % 2 ± 0.5 7 ± 4 4 ± 2 0.2 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.1 0.6 ± 0.3
(pmol-eq/g) (6 ± 3) (13 ± 8) (10 ± 4) (0.4 ± 0.4) (0.2 ± 0.1) (3 ± 2)
Kidney % 2 ± 0.6 4 ± 1 3 ± 0.5 0.4 ± 0.1 0.7 ± 0.5 0.1 ± 0.0
(pmol-eq/g) (226 ± 89) (547 ± 202) (427 ± 106) (59 ± 19) (41 ± 20) (37 ± 11)
Skin % 1 ± 0.6 6 ± 2 4 ± 0.7 0.6 ± 0.5 0.2 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.1
(pmol-eq/g) (9 ± 3) (37 ± 19) (31 ± 6) (5 ± 3) (1 ± 1) (6 ± 1)
Lung % 0.4 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.2 0.05 ± 0.03 0.03 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.006
(pmol-eq/g) (57 ± 63) (83 ± 42) (76 ± 20) (8 ± 5) (3 ± 1) (6 ± 2)
Brain % 0.2 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 0.0 ± 0.0 0.003 ± 0.01 0.003 ± 0.003 0.007 ± 0.004
(pmol-eq/g) (2 ± 1) (6 ± 2) (3 ± 2) (0.5 ± 1) (0.2 ± 0.2) (2 ± 1)
a

Each value represents the mean ± SD of 4 animals per treatment group.

b

Significantly different from repeat dose (rat, 24 h), P < .001.

c

Significantly different from single dose (rat, 24 h), P < .0001.

n.d.: not determined.