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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
20
pubmed:dateCreated
1983-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
The metabolism of benzoic acid has been examined in the horse, using 14C- and deuterium-labelled compounds. Chromatographic analysis of the urine showed the presence of hippuric acid, benzoyl glucuronide and benzoic acid and a discrete band which accounted for 2% of the dose administered. This material was isolated by solvent extraction and HPLC and, following treatment with diazomethane, examined by GC/MS. The major component of this fraction was 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionic acid methyl ester, which was accompanied by very much smaller amounts of cinnamic acid methyl ester and acetophenone. The two latter minor components have been shown to be artefacts produced during workup and analysis. Cinnamic acid methyl ester arises by the thermal decomposition of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylpropionic acid methyl ester on the GC column. It is proposed that acetophenone has formed, during workup, by decarboxylation of 3-keto-3-phenylpropionic acid. It is suggested that 3-hydroxy and 3-keto-3-phenylpropionic acids, which are also endogenous in horse urine, have arisen by an addition of a 2 carbon fragment to benzoyl CoA, in a sequence analogous to the reactions of fatty acid biosynthesis. Some implications of the metabolic interrelationships between xenobiotic acids and fatty acids are discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-2952
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3225-30
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
3-Hydroxy- and 3-keto-3-phenylpropionic acids: novel metabolites of benzoic acid in horse urine.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't