Metabolism of carbon-14-labeled benzene and toluene in avocado fruit
The method of exposing avocado fruit to /sup 14/C labeled benzene or toluene was as follows. Fuerte variety avocado fruit was used. It was exposed to the vapor of the hydrocarbons which were circulated in a container. Three mature preclimacteric fruit were used in each experiment. The nonvolatile metabolites from both hydrocarbons were separated into classes of compounds by their solution in water, separation of lipids, and passage of the aqueous solution through ion exchange columns. The results indicate that in avocados the relatively inert hydrocarbons benzene and toluene are metabolized to a series of compounds, toluene to a greater extent than benzene. Both are metabolized to a small but significant extent to CO/sub 2/. 7 references, 2 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Agriculture, Albany, CA
- OSTI ID:
- 5552730
- Journal Information:
- Plant Physiol.; (United States), Vol. 44
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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BENZENE
METABOLISM
TOLUENE
AVOCADOS
CARBON 14
TRACER TECHNIQUES
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CARBON ISOTOPES
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
FOOD
FRUITS
HYDROCARBONS
ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
560303* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Plants- (-1987)