Publication: Oxidative metabolism of dimethylnitrosamine: Correlation with toxicity
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1978-01-01
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00984108
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Vol.4, No.1 (1978), 161-172
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Mathuros Ruchirawat, R. C. Shank Oxidative metabolism of dimethylnitrosamine: Correlation with toxicity. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Vol.4, No.1 (1978), 161-172. doi:10.1080/15287397809529653 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/13065
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Oxidative metabolism of dimethylnitrosamine: Correlation with toxicity
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The relationship between oxidative metabolism and acute toxicity of dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) was examined in neonatal and adult rats to take advantage of developmental changes in activity of the metabolizing enzymes. The objective was to determine the extent to which CO 2 production from DMN is correlated with toxicity. Neonatal rat liver and kidney demonstrated the ability to metabolize DMN. This ability progressed to a maximum activity in liver between the 5th and 21st d of age and in kidney between the 15th and 21st d of age. After weaning, the activity of DMN oxidation decreased with age in both tissues. Evidence is also presented to suggest that more than one enzyme may be responsible for the oxidation of DMN to CO 2 and that the predominance of individual enzymes varies as the neonate develops. Estimates of LD50 values, used to quantitate the acute toxicity of DMN at various ages, suggest that the rat is most sensitive to DMN toxicity at 5 d of age; however, conversion of DMN to CO 2 , both in vitro and in vivo, was not well correlated with acute toxicity. © 1978, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.