In vivo suppression of benzene and styrene oxidation by co-administered toluene in rats and effects of phenobarbital

Autor: Toshiko Imamura, Hatsue Ohtsuji, Masayuki Ikeda
Rok vydání: 1972
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Zdroj: Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems. 2(2)
ISSN: 0049-8254
Popis: 1. Biotransformations of benzene to phenol, and styrene to phenylglyoxylic acid, mandelic acid and hippuric acid were suppressed by co-administration of toluene.2. This is due to competitive inhibition of the oxidation mechanisms involved in the metabolism of these compounds; the induction of oxidative activities in the liver, with phenobarbital, alleviated the suppression.3. Possible potentiation of toxicity of benzene and styrene by co-exposure to toluene is discussed herein.
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