title: Application of an automated HS-GC method in partition coefficient determination for xylenes and ethylbenzene in rat tissues.
abstract: An automated static head space-gas chromatography method was used in the determination of partition coefficients (Kd) for the xylene isomers and ethylbenzene in blood, brain, muscle, kidney, liver and fat of Sprague Dawley rats. Since homogenization resulted in the potential loss of analytes from tissue samples, unhomogenized samples were used. With a few exceptions, tissue:air Kd values were independent of the concentrations of the analytes, singly or as a mixture. The tissue:blood Kd values were determined. For each tissue and analyte, the value obtained for each analyte concentration was within +/- 10% of the mean value calculated for the entire concentration range.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumarathasan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Chu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D007536:Isomerism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014992:Xylenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D014992:Xylenes; C004912:ethylbenzene