Radioactive conversion products of intramuscularly injected [4-14C]formononetin including sulfates in the urine of hens.
The phytoestrogen formononetin was injected intramuscularly as [4-14C]formononetin into two adult hens. Radioactive materials in the urine for the succeeding 14 days (hen 1) or 16 days (hen 2) were fractionated on DEAE-Sephadex-25 columns by elution with a gradient of NaCl; the four major fractions thus separated were examined by solvent partition, thin-layer chromatography, and enzymic cleavage. The following seven radioactive components were identified in the urine, the average proportions of each being given in terms of percentage of total 14C recovered from the urine: [14C]formononetin (4.3%); [14C]diaidzein (11.4%); [14C]equol (6.8%); [14C]daidzein monosulfate (30.4%); [14C]equol monosulfate (5.8%); [14C]diadzein disulfate (19.8%); and [14C]equol disulfate (6.5%). Small proportions of sulfates of unidentified radioactive phenols were present. Tests for presence of glucosiduronates of 14C-labelled material gave negative results. Radioactive formononetin sulfate was not detected in the urine of either hen.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002839:Chromans / Q000652:urine; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D004967:Estrogens / Q000652:urine*; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000652:urine*; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000652:urine*; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters / Q000652:urine
D002839:Chromans; D004967:Estrogens; D005419:Flavonoids; D007529:Isoflavones; D013463:Sulfuric Acid Esters; C007768:formononetin; C004742:daidzein