title: Estimation of N-hydroxy-o-toluidine, a urinary metabolite of o-toluidine and o-nitrosotoluene, by high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection.
abstract: High-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection, a highly sensitive and specific method, was used to determine N-hydroxy-o-toluidine and o-toluidine in the urines of male F344 rats after the administration of 0.82 mmol/kg of o-toluidine or o-nitrosotoluene. In a six hour period, 0.11% of the dose was excreted by o-toluidine-treated rats as N-hydroxy-o-toluidine and 3.61% as o-toluidine. In the same period, 0.48% of the dose was excreted by o-nitrosotoluene treated rats as N-hydroxy-o-toluidine and 0.38% as o-toluidine. The urinary excretion of the N-hydroxy-o-toluidine metabolite may play a role in the carcinogenicity of o-nitrosotoluene and o-toluidine toward the rat bladder.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry; D008297:Male; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000652:urine*; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D014052:Toluidines / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D009603:Nitroso Compounds; D014052:Toluidines; C039382:N-hydroxy-2-toluidine; C023622:2-toluidine; C035324:2-nitrosotoluene