Distribution of aflatoxin B1 in tissues of mink (Mustela vison). 1976

C C Chou, and E H Marth

Seven female mink (Mustela vison) were injected intraperitoneally with a single dose of 100 mug aflatoxin B1 (14 C-label and unabeled). They were sacrificed 1, 2, 4, and 24 h after dosing. Liver, instestines, stomach, lung, kidney, brain, pancrease, spleen, urinary bladder, uterus, and bile were removed and examined for the retained radioactivity. 1 h after dosing, intestines and their contents retained the largest amount of 14C-radioacivity (18.9% of the amount that was administered) which was followed by liver (13.2%) and the bile (10.8%). At this time all other tissues retained less than 1% of the administered radioactivity. Generally, the amount of radioactivity retained in all tissues declined with time. Only 1.2 and 0.6% of the administered radioactivity was found in testines and bile, respectively, 24 h after dosing; however, the liver still contained 6.6% of the initial radioactivity. Examination of subcellular fractions of liver revealed that at all time intervals most of the radioactivity was associated with the micrososmal supernatant fluid.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008862 Microsomes, Liver Closed vesicles of fragmented endoplasmic reticulum created when liver cells or tissue are disrupted by homogenization. They may be smooth or rough. Liver Microsomes,Liver Microsome,Microsome, Liver
D008907 Mink Carnivores of genera Mustela and Neovison of the family MUSTELIDAE. The European mink has white upper and lower lips while the American mink lacks white upper lip. American Mink,European Mink,Mustela lutreola,Mustela macrodon,Mustela vison,Neovison vison,Sea Mink,Mink, American,Mink, European,Mink, Sea,Minks,Minks, Sea,Sea Minks,vison, Neovison
D005260 Female Females
D000348 Aflatoxins Furano-furano-benzopyrans that are produced by ASPERGILLUS from STERIGMATOCYSTIN. They are structurally related to COUMARINS and easily oxidized to an epoxide form to become ALKYLATING AGENTS. Members of the group include AFLATOXIN B1; aflatoxin B2, aflatoxin G1, aflatoxin G2; AFLATOXIN M1; and aflatoxin M2. Aflatoxin
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013347 Subcellular Fractions Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p163) Fraction, Subcellular,Fractions, Subcellular,Subcellular Fraction
D013997 Time Factors Elements of limited time intervals, contributing to particular results or situations. Time Series,Factor, Time,Time Factor

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