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Xenobiotica
the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems
Volume 11, 1981 - Issue 6
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Research Article

Metabolism of the epoxy resin component 2,2-bis[4-(2,3-epoxypropoxy)phenyl]propane, the diglycidyl ether of bisphenol a (DGEBPA) in the mouse.; Part II. Identification of metabolites in urine and faeces following a single oral dose of 14C-DGEBPA

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Pages 401-424 | Received 06 Dec 1980, Published online: 22 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

1. The major metabolic transformation of orally ingested 14C-DGEBPA is by hydrolytic ring-opening of the two epoxide rings to form diols. This metabolite (the bis-diol of DGEBPA) is excreted in both free and conjugated forms and is further metabolized to various carboxylic acids, including two containing a methylsulphonyl moiety.

2. The product of oxidative dealkylation either of DGEBPA (with concomitant formation of glycidaldehyde) or of the bis-diol of DGEBPA (with concomitant formation of glyceraldehyde) is excreted in both free and conjugated forms in amounts representing 5% of the dose.

3. The high activity of epoxide hydratase towards DGEBPA suggests that glyceraldehyde and not glycidaldehyde is formed in vivo.

4. Hepatic epoxide hydratase activity towards DGEBPA measured in vitro decreased in the order rabbit>mouse>rat.

5. Two discrete epoxide hydratases are present in large amounts in the mouse. One is membrane-bound in the liver microsomal fraction and the other is a ‘soluble’ enzyme located in the liver cytosol. This cytosolic enzyme was present in only very small amounts in the rat.

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