Identification of N-acetyl-S-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-cysteine as a urinary metabolite of benzene, phenol, and hydroquinone.
Drug Metab Dispos
; 18(6): 958-61, 1990.
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The metabolite 2-(S-glutathionyl)hydroquinone is formed when a microsomal incubation mixture containing either benzene or phenol is supplemented with glutathione. This metabolite is derived from the conjugation of benzoquinone, an oxidation product of hydroquinone. However, neither the glutathione conjugate or its mercapturate, N-acetyl-S-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-cysteine, have been identified as metabolites resulting from in vivo metabolism of benzene, phenol, or hydroquinone. To determine if a hydroxylated mercapturate is produced in vivo, we treated male Sprague-Dawley rats with either benzene (600 mg/kg), phenol (75 mg/kg), or hydroquinone (75 mg/kg) and collected the urine for 24 hr. HPLC coupled with electrochemical detection confirmed the presence of a metabolite that was chromatographically and electrochemically identical to N-acetyl-S-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-cysteine. The metabolite was isolated from the urine samples and treated with diazomethane to form the N-acetyl-S-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-L-cysteine methyl ester derivative. The mass spectra obtained from these samples were identical to that of an authentic sample of the derivative. The results of these experiments indicate that benzene, phenol, and hydroquinone are metabolized in vivo to benzoquinone and excreted as the mercapturate, N-acetyl-S-(2,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-cysteine.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Fenoles
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Acetilcisteína
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Benceno
/
Hidroquinonas
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Drug Metab Dispos
Asunto de la revista:
FARMACOLOGIA
Año:
1990
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos