Zearalenone metabolism and excretion in the rat: effect of different doses |
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Authors: | D W Fitzpatrick L D Arbuckle A M Hassen |
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Institution: | Department of Foods and Nutrition, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. |
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Abstract: | Young female rats were orally dosed with either 1 or 100 mg zearalenone kg-1 body weight; zearalenone and metabolites were measured in a 96-h collection of urine and feces by HPLC analysis. Dose had little effect on metabolites formed, or excretion route. In both treatment groups, about 55% of the oral dose was excreted in the feces, while the urine was also a major route of excretion accounting for 15-20% of the administered dose. Zearalenone and metabolites were excreted mainly in the free form, with the production of alpha-zearalenol, the most potent estrogenic metabolite, being greater than 10% of the zearalenone dose. |
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