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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 12, Pages 1929-1937Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/tx900236g
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The metabolism of the potent carcinogen estragole was investigated in humans after consumption of fennel tea by analyses of its metabolites in blood plasma and urine. Stable isotope dilution assays based on LC-MS/MS detection revealed that 1'-hydroxylation of estragole happened very fast as the concentration of conjugated 1'-hydroxyestragole in urine peaked after 1.5 h, whereas it was no longer detectable after 10 h. Besides the formation of less than 0.41% conjugated 1'-hydroxyestragole of the estragole dose administered, the further metabolite p-allylphenol was generated from estragole in a higher percentage (17%). Both metabolites were also detected in blood plasma in less than 0.75-2.5 h after consumption of fennel tea. In contrast to this, no estragole was present in these samples above its detection limit. From the results, it can be concluded that all excess of the major fennel odorant trans-anethole principally does not interfere with estragole metabolism, whereas influences on the quantitative composition of metabolites cannot be excluded. The presence of a Sulfuric acid conjugate of estragole could not be confirmed, possibly due to its high reactivity and lability.
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