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A comprehensive disposition and metabolism study of epichlorohydrin (ECH) has not been previously reported. In this study, male Fischer 344 rats were dosed (6 mg/kg) orally with [2-14C]ECH (98% radiochemically pure) as an aqueous solution and killed after 3 days. Approximately 38% of the radioactive dose was exhaled as CO2, 50% was excreted as metabolites in the urine, and 3% was present in the feces. Radioactivity in tissues accounted for the remainder of the administered dose. When expressed per gram of tissue, radioactivity was highest in liver, kidney, and forestomach. The half-life of initial elimination of radioactivity in both the urine and exhaled air was about 2 hr, indicating that ECH was rapidly absorbed and metabolized. The major metabolites in the urine were identified as N-acetyl-S-(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)-L-cysteine and alpha-chlorohydrin, about 36 and 4% of the administered dose, respectively. Finding these metabolites, which have not been previously reported, is consistent with the initial metabolic reactions being conjugation of the epoxide with glutathione and hydration of the epoxide.
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