title: Effects of dietary R-goitrin on hepatic and intestinal glutathione S-transferase, microsomal epoxide hydratase and ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activities in the rat.
abstract: The influence of dietary R-goitrin on components of the xenobiotic-metabolizing system was examined in the liver and small intestine of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Given at a level of 200 ppm in the diet for 14 days, the R-goitrin caused a statistically significant (P less than 0.05) 21% increase in liver weight relative to body weight. A less pronounced, but statistically significant, 11% increase in relative liver weight resulted from the administration of R-goitrin at 40 ppm in the diet. Hepatic glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was significantly increased 1.5- and 2-fold over the basal level at concentrations of 40 and 200 ppm R-goitrin, respectively. Hepatic microsomal epoxide hydratase (EH) activity was also significantly increased. Hepatic EH activity was 1.6- and 3.3-fold greater in the 40- and 200-ppm R-goitrin groups, respectively, than in the control group given the basal diet. R-Goitrin at 200 ppm in the diet produced significant 1.2- and 1.4-fold increases of GST and microsomal EH activities, respectively, in the mucosa of the small intestine. The administration of R-goitrin at 40 or 200 ppm in the diet had no significant effect on either hepatic or intestinal ethoxycoumarin O-deethylase activity.
mesh_terms: D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000187:drug effects; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000201:enzymology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D010080:Oxazoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D023303:Oxazolidinones; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D010080:Oxazoles; D023303:Oxazolidinones; C004333:goitrin; D010105:Oxygenases; D015660:7-Alkoxycoumarin O-Dealkylase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D004851:Epoxide Hydrolases