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Marrubini, G. et al.

Marrubini, Coccini, Maestri, Manzo,

Effect of sorbic acid administration on urinary trans,trans-muconic acid excretion in rats exposed to low levels of benzene.

Trans,trans-muconic acid (t,t-MA) is a biomarker of benzene exposure reflecting metabolic activation to trans,trans-muconaldehyde. t,t-MA background urinary levels are highly variable, thus limiting its use to exposure monitoring of levels over 1 ppm of benzene. Actually, sorbic acid (SA) is known to influence background excretion of t,t-MA in man, but only a few examples suggest that SA ingestion can enhance t,t-MA levels occurring together with benzene exposure. In this study, the effect of SA was investigated in benzene-exposed male Sprague-Dawley rats exposed to 1 ppm benzene for 6 h. Exposed animals had a 24-h urinary t,t-MA excretion higher than that observed in non-exposed animals (87+/-13 microg/kg vs 19+/-3 microg/kg body weight). The oral dose of 8 mg/kg body weight SA had no effect on urinary t,t-MA both in control and in benzene-exposed rats. Increases of t,t-MA levels in urine occurred at SA doses of 50-200 mg/kg body weight, and co-exposure to benzene and SA (50 and 100 mg/kg body weight) produced additive enhancement of t,t-MA excretion. These data demonstrate the dose-response relationship between SA administration and t,t-MA excretion. Our study showed that SA ingestion at doses equal to or greater than 50 mg/kg body weight significantly affects the t,t-MA urinary levels in rats exposed to 1 ppm of benzene for 6 h. These data support the conclusion that in man t,t-MA is not suitable for biomonitoring of low levels of benzene exposure.[1]

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Effect of sorbic acid administration on urinary trans,trans-muconic acid excretion in rats exposed to low levels of benzene. Marrubini, G., Coccini, T., Maestri, L., Manzo, L. Food Chem. Toxicol. (2002) [Pubmed]

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