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Comparative study of the tissue distribution of NADH and NADPH-dependent chloral hydrate reducing enzymes in the rat

Journal Article · · Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701218· OSTI ID:7098759
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  1. Yamaguchi Univ. School of Medicine, Kogushi Ube (Japan)

Chloral hydrate (CH), an intermediate metabolite of trichloroethylene, is reduced to trichloroethanol (TCE) by alcohol dehydrogenase and aldehyde reductase. Alcohol dehydrogenase requires reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH), and aldehyde reductase requires reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH). No reports have appeared concerning comparative studies of the tissue distribution of CH-reducing enzymes. In this report, NADH and NADPH-dependent CH-reducing activities were investigated in various organs of the rat.

OSTI ID:
7098759
Journal Information:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA), Journal Name: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; (USA) Vol. 44:3; ISSN 0007-4861; ISSN BECTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English