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Comparative Study
. 1978 May;8(5):265-70.
doi: 10.3109/00498257809060949.

The metabolism of S-carboxymethylcysteine in rodents, marmosets and humans

Comparative Study

The metabolism of S-carboxymethylcysteine in rodents, marmosets and humans

R H Waring. Xenobiotica. 1978 May.

Abstract

1. The metabolism of S-carboxymethylcysteine (Mucodyne) has been studied in the rat, rabbit, guinea-pig, marmoset and human. All species studied, except the rabbit, excrete large amounts of the parent compound. 2. Rabbits and humans give S-carboxymethylcysteine sulphoxide, rats form N-acetyl-S-carboxymethylcysteine while marmosets excrete methylmercapturic acid as other major metabolites. Traces of methylmercapturic acid sulphoxide, methylcysteine, methylcysteine sulphoxide and 3-(S-carboxymethylthio)lactic acid were also found.

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