Collection of bile and urine samples for determining the urinary and hepatobiliary disposition of xenobiotics in mice.
One of the most simple and informative method commonly used by researchers in the field of xenobiotics metabolism and disposition to investigate the fate of chemicals in living organisms involves identification and/or quantitation of metabolites in excreta such as urine and bile. This method can be performed on dogs and larger rodents such as rats and hamsters rather easily. However, many investigators find it difficult to collect bile samples from mice. This unit describes, in detail, how to collect urine and bile samples from a mouse for further metabolite analysis.
Manautou
José E
JE
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Chen
Chuan
C
D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000737:chemistry*; D051379:Mice; D013048:Specimen Handling; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000032:analysis* / Q000652:urine
D015262:Xenobiotics