title: The formation of phenylethane-1,2-diol 2-acetate in the metabolism of styrene oxide by rabbit liver microsomes in vitro.
abstract: 1. Phenylethane-1,2-diol 2-acetate has been isolated from the incubation of styrene oxide or styrene diol with liver microsomes of phenobarbital-pretreated rabbits. 2. Observed ratios of phenylethane-1,2-diol to its 2-acetate in the incubation mixtures ranged between 19 : 1 and 5 : 1 with different microsomal preparations and different periods of incubation. 3. The formation of phenylethane-1,2-diol 2-acetate may be a source of errors in the radiometric determination of epoxide hydrase activity in microsomes.
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000818:Animals; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005026:Ethylene Glycols / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D013343:Styrenes / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005026:Ethylene Glycols; D013343:Styrenes; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol