Table 3

Rates of 7-EC biotransformation by rat and bovine liver slices (mean of three animals for each species), as measured by radio-HPLC analysis

7-OHC Glucuronide7-OHC Sulfate7-OHC7-EC
Rat (pmol metabolite/min/mg protein)7.9  ± 1.829.7  ± 4.04.4  ± 0.972.1  ± 7.2
Bovine (pmol metabolite/min/mg protein)0.1  ± 0.00.3  ± 0.15.7  ± 0.9107.2  ± 12.1
Retention time (min)3.65.817.031.0