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Benzene Metabolism

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Molecular Aspects of Monooxygenases and Bioactivation of Toxic Compounds

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Abstract

Exposure to benzene in industry has been a problem for over a century and today it has become a problem for the entire population with the prevalence of benzene in gasoline. The first reports of the metabolites of benzene in urine included the finding of phenol (1); hydroquinone and catechol (2); trans, trans-muconic acid (3) and phenylmercapturic acid (4).

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Snyder, R., Chatterjee, S.P. (1991). Benzene Metabolism. In: Arinç, E., Schenkman, J.B., Hodgson, E. (eds) Molecular Aspects of Monooxygenases and Bioactivation of Toxic Compounds. NATO ASI Series Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 202. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7284-4_22

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