Biliary and renal excretion of paracetamol in man.
In 6 postsurgery patients with T tubes inserted in their common bile ducts, biliary excretion of paracetamol amounted to 2.6% of an oral dose (1 g), consisting of unchanged paracetamol (0.57%) and conjugates of sulfate (0.36%), glucuronic acid (0.36%) and cysteine (1.63%). Renal recovery in the same patients was 35.3%, consisting of 2.6% unchanged paracetamol, 12.7% paracetamol sulfate, 9.0% glucuronide, 3.9% cysteine conjugate and 4.0% mercapturate.
D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine; D001646:Bile / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male
D000082:Acetaminophen