1. Residues of ¹⁴C-ethion along the extraction and refining process of maize oil, and the bioavailability of bound residues in the cake for experimental animals.
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Abdel-Gawad H, Abdel-Hameed RM, and Witczak A
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- Animals, Biological Availability, Corn Oil analysis, Food Contamination analysis, Insecticides analysis, Insecticides pharmacokinetics, Kidney drug effects, Kidney metabolism, Liver drug effects, Liver metabolism, Male, Rats, Seeds chemistry, Organothiophosphates analysis, Organothiophosphates pharmacokinetics, Organothiophosphorus Compounds analysis, Organothiophosphorus Compounds pharmacokinetics, Pesticide Residues analysis, Pesticide Residues pharmacokinetics
- Abstract
Maize seeds obtained from ¹⁴C-ethion treated plants contained about 0.01 % of the originally applied radioactivity 1 month following the last pesticide application. Hexane and methanol extracts of the seeds accounted for 35 % and 22.5 % of the radioactive residues, respectively, with 40 % remaining in the seed cake. Commercial processing procedures resulted in a gradual decrease in the total amount of ¹⁴C-residues in oils with aged residues. The refined oil contained ¹⁴C-residues that amounted to about 30 % of the amount that was originally present. The major residues in processed oil are ethion monooxon, O,O-diethyl phosphorothioate and O,O-diethyl S-hydroxymethyl phosphorodithioate, in addition to one unknown compound. After feeding rats with the cake containing ethion bound residues, a substantial amount (71 %) of ¹⁴C-residues was eliminated in the urine, while about 12 % was excreted in the feces. About 5 % of the radioactive residues were distributed among various organs. The bound residue was quite readily bioavailable to the rats.
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- 2013
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