• Toxicological Research
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2011

The toxicities of phenanthrene (PH) and pyrene (PY) are less than benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), but both compounds are found in higher concentrations in the air, feed, and food. Most PAHs are metabolized to hydroxylated compounds by the hepatic cytochrome P450 monooxigenases system. Metabolites are excreted into urine and feces. We determined concentrations of PH, PY and BaP in muscle and hydroxylated metabolites, 3-OH-PH, 1-OH-PY, and 3-OH-BaP, respectively, in urine from dairy cattle (n = 24). We also evaluated the relationship between parent compounds in muscle and their metabolites in urine. Concentrations of PH and PY in muscle ranged from 0.7~4.8 ng/g ($1.8{\pm}1.7$) and 0.4~4.1 ng/g ($1.2{\pm}1.2$), respectively. Concentrations of 3-OH-PH and 1-OH-PY in urine ranged from 0.1~5.9 ng/ml ($2.9{\pm}3.7$) and 0.5~3.6 ng/ml ($1.9{\pm}2.3$), respectively. Correlation coefficient for PY concentration in muscle versus 1-OH-PY in urine was 0.657 and for PH concentration in muscle versus 3-OH-PH in urine was 0.579. Coefficient determination for PY and PH concentrations in muscle was 0.886 and for 1-OH-PY and 3-OH-PH in urine was 0.834. This study suggests that 1-OH-PY and 3-OH-PH could be used as biomarkers for PAHs exposure in dairy cattle.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.329-331
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• 2006

알캅톤뇨증은 상염색체 열성으로 유전하는 드문 질환으로 homogentisic acid oxidase 결핍에 의해 homogentisic acid가 체내 축적되고 소변으로 다량 배설되는 대사 이상 질환이다. 주로 도미니카 공화국과 슬로바키아에서 보고되고 있으나 한국에는 아직 보고된 바 없다. 증상으로는 소아 때에는 주로 배뇨 후 시간이 지나면 소변 색이 검어지는 특징이 보이고, 나이가 들면서 연골과 결체 조직의 착색, 관절염, 갈색증, 심장 질환, 신장 질환 등이 발생할 수 있다. 특별히 효과가 입증된 치료제는 없는 것으로 보고되고 있고, 진단은 뇨유기산분석을 통해 할 수 있다. 저자들은 내원 당시 13개월이었던 여자 환아에서 기저귀에 묻은 소변이 시간이 지나면서 연분홍 갈색빛을 보여 시행한 뇨유기산분석에서 homogentisic acid (normal range <2 mmol/molCr)가 1,158.3 mmol/molCr로 현저한 증가 소견을 보여 보고하는 바이다. 재검사에서도 역시 910.7 mmol/molCr 로 증가된 소견을 보였으며 환아 신체 어디에서도 연갈색이나 검은색의 착색된 부위를 찾을 수 없었다. 환아는 현재 ascorbic acid 투여하며 추적관찰 중이다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2003

Methidation을 흰쥐에 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 GC/MS로 분석하였고, 투여경로에 따른 뇨 중 대사물질의 차이를 비교하였으며, 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphte의 시간별 배설량과 그 외 대사물질을 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. Methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 측정한 결과 유기인계 농약의 공통적인 대사물질인 dialkyl phosphtes 중 세 가지 물질인 DMP, DMTP 및 DMDTP로 동일하게 배설되었다. GC/MS로 주요조각이온을 확인한 결과 DMP는 m/z=153, 127, 109, DMTP는 m/z=198, 142, 109 그리고, DMDTP는 m/z-158, 125, 93에서 분자이온을 확인할 수 있었다. Methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphtes의 시간별 배설량을 측정한 결과 경구투여의 경우 DMP는 12시간 이내에 79.2%, DMTP는 24시간 이내에 93.3% 그리고, DMDTP는 12시간 이내에 83.0%가 배설되었고, 피부도포의 경우 DMP는 24시간 이내에 71.1%, DMTP와 DMDTP는 48시간 이내에 각각 82.8%, 87.7%가 배설되었다. 이 결과 경구투여 한 실험에서는 48시간 이내에 뇨 중 dialkyl phosphtes가 완전히 배설되는 반면 피부도포 한 실험에서는 각 개체의 상태에 따라 대사물질들이 늦게는 168시간까지 배설이 지연됨을 알 수 있었다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면, 흰쥐에 methidathion을 경구투여 및 피부도포 후 뇨 중 대사물질을 측정한 결과 dialkyl phosphate 중 DMP, DMTP로 검출되었으며, 경구 투여와 피부도포 시 뇨 중 대사물질의 차이는 없었으나, 경구투여보다 피부도포의 경우 배설이 더 지연되었다. 결론적으로, methidathion의 뇨 중 대사물질인 DMP, DMTP 및 DMDTP는 이 농약의 생체모니터링 지표물질로서 사용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.21-34
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• 1976

The diagnosis of iron deficiency rests upon the correct evaluation of body iron stores. Morphological interpretation of blood film and the red cell indices are not reliable and often absent in mild iron deficiency. Serum iron levels and iron-binding capacity are more sensitive indices of iron deficiency, but they are often normal in iron depletion and mild iron deficiency anemia. They are also subject to many variables which may introduce substantial errors and influenced by many pathologic and physiologic states. Examination of the bone marrow aspirate for stainable iron has been regarded as one of the most sensitive and reliable diagnostic method for detecting iron deficiency, but this also has limitations. Thus, there is still need for a more practical, but sensitive and reliable substitute as a screening test of iron deficiency. Pollack et al. (1965) observed that the intestinal absorption of cobalt was raised in iron-deficient rats and Valberg et al. (1969) found that cobalt absorption was elevated in patients with iron deficiency. A direct correlation was demonstrated between the amounts of radioiron and radiocobalt absorbed. Unlike iron, excess cobalt was excreted by the kidney, the percentage of radioactivity in the urine being directly related to the percentage absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. Recently a test based on the urinary excretion of an oral dose of $^{57}Co$ has been proposed as a method for detecting iron deficiency. To assess the diagnostic value of urinary cobalt excretion test cobaltous chloride labelled with $1{\mu}Ci\;of\;^{58}Co$ was given by mouth and the percentage of the test dose excreted in the urine was measured by a gamma counter. The mean 24 hour urinary cobalt excretion in control subjects with normal iron stores was 6.1% ($1.9{\sim}15.2%$). Cobalt excretion was markedly increased in patients with iron deficiency and excreted more than 29% of the dose. In contrast, patients with anemia due to causes other than iron deficiency excreted less than 27%. Hence, 24 hour urinary cobalt excretion of 27% or less in a patient with anemia suggets that the primary cause of the anemia is not iron deficiency. A value greater than 27% in an anemic subject suggests that the anemia is caused by iron deficiency. The cobalt excretion test is a simple, sensitive and accurate method for the assessment of body iron stores. It may be particularly valuable in the epidemiological studies of iron deficiency and repeated evaluations of the body iron stores.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.229-235
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• 1994

In dogs, renal denervation did not affect the diuretic action accompanied with renal hemodynamic chanties and inhibition of electrolytes reabsorption rates in renal tubules by methoxyverapamil infused into the vein or into a renal artery, while renal denervation blocked the antidiuretic action due to the decreased free water and osmolar clearances along with the reduced sodium amounts excreted in urine by methoxyverpamil infused into the carotid artery. These experimental results suggest that methoxyverapamil may cause diuresis by direct action in kidney but the antidiuretic action through central function mediated by renal nerves.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.346-351
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• 1991

The biotransformation of xylazine, a widly used animal tranquilizer, was investigated in rats. After administration of xylazine, the existence of 2,6-dimethylphenyl-isothiocyanate, 2,6-dimenthyl-4-hydroxy-aniline and p-hydroxy-xylazine in urine was confirmed by the comparison with chemically prepared standards in GC/MS. The main metabolite, p-hydroxy xylazine was excreted as conjugated form.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.231-238
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• 1991

The pesticide and carcinogen ethylene dibromide(EDB) is metabolized both by cytosolic GSH S-transferase and by microsomal mixed function oxygenase. Cytochrome P-450 IIE1 appears to be major enzyme to metabolize EDB.EDB is activated to a mutagen by enzymatic conjugation with glutathione (GSH). Such activation is an exception to the general mode of detoxification via GSH S-transferase action. The primary DNA adduct (>95) is S-[2-(N7-guanyl)ethyl] GSH and a minor adduct is S-[2-(N7-guanyl)ethyl]cysteine, which is excreted in the urine and may serve as a biomarker of damage.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.17-21
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• 2008

Aloin is a physiologically active anthraquinone present in aloe. There are two isomers of aloin, aloin A and aloin B, occurring as a mixture of diastereomers. The objective of this study was to determine the bioavailability and tissue distribution of aloin. Rats were gavaged with 11.8g/kg aloin, and the levels of aloin and its conjugates were measured in plasma, tissues, and urine. Plasma aloin level showed a peak at 1hr after the administration and the concentration was $59.07{\pm}10.5\;ng/ml$. The 24 h cumulated urinary aloin was 0.03% of the initial dose. These results suggest that aloin is absorbed and reaches a peak plasma level within 1-1.5 h after the administration and a significant portion is possibly metabolized or is excreted in feces. These results can apply to the determination of the adequate intake level of aloe and aloe products to achieve the desired biological effect, and to interprete in vitro study results.

• Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 1993

Effect of yohimbine, a specific antagonist for presynaptic adrenoceptor, on the renal action of clonidine, a specific presynaptic adrenoceptor agonist, was investigated in dog. Clonidine, when given intravenously, produced diuretic action accompanied with augmentation of osmolar and free water clearance (Cosm and 4C_{H_2O}$), and elicited the increase of amounts of sodium and potassium excreted in urine ($E_{Na}\; and\; E_k$). These actions of clonidine were inhibited by yohimbine either injected intravenously or infused into a renal artery. Clonidine, when infused into a renal artery, produced antidiuretic action accompanied with decreased of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow (RPF), and exhibited the reduced amounts of sodium and potassium in urine. These actions of clonidine injected into a renal artery were blocked by yohimbine administered either into vein or into a renal artery. Above results suggest that yohimbine block the renal action of clonidine only in central system, do not in kidney.

• 생약학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.101-110
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• 1975

In this study attempts were made to explore effects of the water and alcohol extracts of Junci Herba on the renal function of dogs. The water extract (in a dose 15 mg/kg, i.v.) and alcohol extract (in a dose 1.5 mg/kg, i.v.) elicited a diuretic response and produced a marked diuresis during bicarbonate infusion whereas no diuresis ensues during infusion of hydrochloric acid. The ratios of potassium and sodium excreted in urine $(K^+/Na^+)$, pH of urine, Cosm (osmolar clearance) and $C_{H_2O}$ (free water clearance) increased but hemodynamic states changed little with both extracts. All the observed facts can be best explained on the assumption that Junci Herba inhibits the carbonic anhydrase in the tubule. Thus it produces the effect by increasing urinary potassium and sodium.