Abstract
5,5-Bis(4-hydroxyphenyl) hydantoin has been identified as a minor metabolite of diphenylhydantoin (DPH) in the rat and human. This metabolite was synthesized in the laboratory from 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone. Gas chromatographic and mass spectrometric comparison of the permethylated synthetic compound with the permethylated derivative of the metabolite obtained from biological sources showed that they were identical. The metabolite was excreted as a glucuronide and accounted for about 1% of the total hydroxylated metabolites of DPH in human urine and rat bile. When the synthetic standard was added to the recirculating perfusate of the isolated perfused rat liver, a monoglucuronide, a trihydroxy-DPH glucuronide, and a dihydroxymethoxy-DPH glucuronide were identified in the bile.
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