Study of Carbon-14 Labeled Sterculic Acid in Chickens

Altenburger, Erich; Berry, J. W.; Reid, B. L.; Deutschman, A. J.

doi:10.3382/ps.0500646

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“…This explains the absence of expired 14C02 where [9,10-methylene-14C] sterculic acid was administered to rats (58,59). Similar studies with chickens and trout found very small amounts of expired 14CCP (60,61).…”

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Cyclopropenoid fatty acids

Greenberg¹,

Harris²

1982

J. Chem. Educ.

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Cyclopropenoid fatty acids

Greenberg¹,

Harris²

1982

J. Chem. Educ.

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Metabolism and tissue distribution of label from [9,10‐methylene‐¹⁴C] sterculic acid in the rat

Nixon

Yoss

Eisele

et al. 1977

Lipids

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The metabolism of14C‐sterculic acid, labeled in the methylene carbon of the cyclopropene ring, was investigated in Wistar rats. Comparison of the distribution of radioactivity in tissue and excreta as a function of time showed that the free sterculic acid was metabolized faster than the methyl ester and that the sterculic acid administered by intragastric intubation was absorbed and metabolized at a faster rate than that administered by intraperitoneal injection. The concentration of label in blood serum reached a maximum 2 hr after intubation and then rapidly declined. Incorporation of radioactivity into most organs peaked at 4 hr with liver peaking at a maximum of 11% of the administered dose and other organs at less than 1%. Label in depot fat steadily increased to 8% at 26 hr. Less than 1% of the administered dose was expired in CO2 in the same time period. Excretion of label reached a maximum of 48% in urine and 11% in feces by 16 hr. The majority of the label in liver was in the fatty acid portion of the lipid fraction. The relative amount of label in microsomal and mitochondrial subcellular fractions of liver changed with time suggesting that these organelles may be involved in the metabolism of sterculic acid. Rats fed control diets appeared to metabolize sterculic acid in the same manner, but at a slower rate than rats acclimated to dietary cyclopropene fatty acids. Low recovery of label in expired air showed that the methylene carbon of the cyclopropene ring was not oxidized to CO2. These data suggest that rats readily absorb sterculic acid and excrete labeled compounds primarily in the urine.

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