title: Alteration of chloral hydrate metabolism in rats with carbon tetrachloride-induced liver damage.
abstract: The metabolism of chloral hydrate (CH) was investigated in the isolated perfused rat liver system. The experiments were performed on rats that were administered carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) subcutaneously for 15 weeks to induce chronic liver damage and on untreated rats. Clearance of CH from the perfusion system was lower in damaged liver than in control liver. In both groups, 50-70% of the added CH was excreted into perfusate as trichloroethanol (TCE) and trichloroacetic acid (TCA) within 120 min. The TCE/TCA ratio was 1:1.3 in the control group compared to 2:1 in the damaged liver group. The findings suggest that CH metabolism in the liver is affected by chronic damage.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D002252:Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism*; D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; D002697:Chloral Hydrate / Q000378:metabolism*; D005023:Ethylene Chlorohydrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D014238:Trichloroacetic Acid; D005023:Ethylene Chlorohydrin; C005849:2,2,2-trichloroethanol