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. 1978 May;42(5):354-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1978.tb02216.x.

n-Butoxyacetic acid, a urinary metabolite from inhaled n-butoxyethanol (Butylcellosolve)

A K Jönsson, G Steen

n-Butoxyacetic acid, a urinary metabolite from inhaled n-butoxyethanol (Butylcellosolve)

A K Jönsson et al. Acta Pharmacol Toxicol (Copenh). 1978 May.

Abstract

Male albino rats were exposed to butylcellosolve (n-butoxyethanol). Collected urine was found to contain a characteristic metabolite, identified as n-butoxyacetic acid by mass spectrometry. The identity of the compound was confirmed by synthesis.

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