Exposure monitoring by personal diffusive samplers, biological monitoring of toluene exposure by urinary hippuric acid determination, haematology, serum biochemistry for liver function, and a subjective symptom survey by questionnaire were conducted on 303 male solvent workers. They were exposed to a mixture of solvents including toluene (geometric mean 18 ppm), methyl ethyl ketone (MEK; 16 ppm...

FTIPPURIC ACID 1S an important metabolic product normally present in urine in amounts determined by tile ingestion of benzyl-containing foods and medicinals (ii). Because this compound is comparatively inert chemically, identification requires isolation and the determination of physical constants after extensive purification. There has long been need for a reliable and sensitive color reaction ...

In 1877 Salkowski (1) noted the presence of a reducing substance in the urine of rabbits following the administration of sodium benzoate. Later Magnus-Levy (2) reported that this substance was benzoyl glycuronic acid and stated that less was found in the urine of rabbits than in the urine of dogs and sheep. At the present time it is the general assumption that rabbits detoxicate ingested benzoi...

In a recent publication, we reported the identification and characterization of two distinct phenotypes in SpragueDawley rats obtained from the Charles River Raleigh facility (Robosky et al., 2005). The phenotypes were designated as HIP (high hippuric acid level in urine) and CA (high chlorogenic acid metabolites level in urine). The endogenous urinary metabolic profile of each phenotype was di...