title: The metabolic sulphation of polyethyleneglycols by isolated perfused rat and guinea-pig livers.
abstract: 1. It is shown that isolated perfused rat and guinea-pig livers can sulphate polyethyleneglycol 200 at rates of about 5 and 10 nmol/g per min, respectively. 2. In the guinea-pig about equal amounts of sulphated polyethyleneglycol 200 appear in the bile and in the perfusate, while in the rat about 99% appears in the latter. 3. Polyethyleneglycols 400 and 1000 are also sulphated in perfused guinea-pig liver but polyethyleneglycol 6000 is not. 4. Polyethyleneglycols are therefore not suitable solvents for xenobiotics which may undergo sulphation because of the likelihood of competition for sulphate.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013045:Species Specificity; D013431:Sulfates / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes
chemical_list: D013431:Sulfates; D013462:Sulfur Radioisotopes; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols