Methyl-substitution of benzene and toluene in preparations of human bone marrow.

Abstract:

:The metabolism of benzene and toluene was investigated in preparations of human bone marrow incubated with S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Benzene undergoes a methyl-substitution reaction to yield toluene as a metabolite. Furthermore, toluene undergoes methyl-substitution in preparations of human bone marrow incubated with S-adenosyl-L-methionine to yield o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene. Metabolites were detected by gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy. No metabolism of either benzene or toluene was detected when a boiled bone marrow preparation was used in the incubation, demonstrating the enzymatic nature of the S-adenosyl-L-methionine dependent methylation of both benzene and toluene.

journal_name

Life Sci

journal_title

Life sciences

authors

Flesher JW,Myers SR

doi

10.1016/0024-3205(91)90100-p

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-01-01 00:00:00

pages

843-50

issue

8

eissn

0024-3205

issn

1879-0631

pii

0024-3205(91)90100-P

journal_volume

48

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