Biological Monitoring of Environment Exposure to Safrole and the Taiwanese Betel Quid Chewing

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dc.contributor.authorChang, M.J.W.
dc.contributor.authorKo, C.Y.
dc.contributor.authorLin, R.F.
dc.contributor.authorHsieh, L.L.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-02T04:36:26Z
dc.date.available2014-04-02T04:36:26Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractA rapid and sensitive biological monitoring (BM) method for assessing exposure to the environmental carcinogen safrole has been developed. The method is an isocratic highperformance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) analysis of urinary dihydroxychavicol (DHAB) and eugenol, the urinary metabolites of safrole. Good linearity, precision, and accuracy were demonstrated. A recovery of 98.8 5.4% (SD, n 3) was found for DHAB and 84.1 3.4% (n 3) for eugenol. The quantitation limits of the method were 8 ng for DHAB and 10 ng for eugenol. The validity of the method was demonstrated by a linear dose-response relationship observed in rats given oral doses of safrole at 30, 75, and 150 mg/kg body weight. The method was also used to monitor the environmental exposure to the Taiwanese betel quid (TBQ) chewing, because TBQ used in Taiwan not only contains areca (betel) nut, slaked lime, and catechu but also Piper betle inflorescence or its leaves. Both of the latter have a high content of safrole. The feasibility of the method to monitor TBQ chewing was demonstrated by an analysis of 153 spot human urine samples. The results showed that the p value of the nonparametric group comparison was 0.001 for DHAB and 0.832 for eugenol. The TBQ chewers also exhibited a significantly higher rate of urinary DHAB (but not eugenol) than the nonchewers with an odd ratio of 3.47 (95% CI, 1.61–7.51). However, when only the eugenol-positive subjects were taken into analysis, the ratio rose to 24.38 (95% CI, 3.00 –197.90en_US
dc.identifier.citationArch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 43, 432–437 (2002)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/163
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectSafrole exposure
dc.subjectBetel quid chewing
dc.subjectBiological Environment Monitoring
dc.titleBiological Monitoring of Environment Exposure to Safrole and the Taiwanese Betel Quid Chewingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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