1. 7- and 12-Methylbenz[a]anthracene were converted by rat-liver homogenates into the corresponding hydroxymethyl derivatives, products that are probably the 8,9-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxy and the 5,6-dihydro-5,6-dihydroxy derivatives, and a number of phenolic products. 2. Both hydrocarbons were converted into glutathione conjugates; that from 7-methylbenz[a]anthracene was also formed, together with...