In Vivo Studies on the Metabolism of the Monoterpene Pulegone in Humans Using the Metabolism of Ingestion-Correlated Amounts (MICA) Approach: Explanation for the Toxicity Differences between (S)-(-)- and (R)-(+)-Pulegone

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6589-6597

  Engel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE FORSCHUNGSANSTALT FÜR LEBENSMITTELCHEMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

2 (2 hydroxy 1 methylethyl) 5 methylcyclohexanone; 3 hydroxy 3 methyl 6 (1 methylethyl) cyclohexanone; 3 methyl 6 (1 methylethyl)cyclohexanol; Menthol; Metabolism of ingestion correlated amounts (MICA); Piperitone; Pulegone; Urinary metabolites

Indexed keywords

2 (2 HYDROXY 1 METHYLETHYL) 5 METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE; 2 (2 HYDROXY 1 METHYLETHYLIDENE) 5 METHYLCYCLOHEXANONE; 3 HYDROXY 3 METHYL 6 (1 METHYLETHYL)CYCLOHEXANONE; 3 METHYL 6 (1 METHYLETHYL) 2 CYCLOHEXENONE; 3 METHYL 6 (1 METHYLETHYL)CYCLOHEXANOL; ALPHA,ALPHA,4 TRIMETHYL 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 METHANOL; MENTHOFURAN; PULEGONE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METABOLISM OF INGESTION CORRELATED AMOUNT APPROACH; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS; URINE LEVEL;

CRESOLS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MALE; MONOTERPENES;

MICA;

EID: 0347624265     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf034702u     Document Type: Article

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