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D Bauer

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The action of Solcoseryl on two glycolytic enzymes of several organs of the irradiated mouse.

The blood extract Solcoseryl (SO), when administered daily in i.p. injection to mice adapted to ambient temperature of 32.5 degrees C enhances within a period of 5 days the activities of the enzymes LDH and G-6-PDH of liver, kidney, testes and thymus in an oscillatory way. The changes of enzyme activity resulting from whole body irradiation with gamma-rays and exhibiting mostly a tendency towards diminution are abolished and the activities restored to values lying in between those obtained with sole SO treatment or irradiation alone, respectively, when following irradiation SO is again applied for a period of 3 days.

Acclimatization↗

Enzyme histochemical, biochemical and metabolic effects of Solcoseryl in connection with its radioprotective capability.

The lethal irradiation with gamma-rays (LD 100/30) of adult mice at ambient temperature of 32.5 degrees C heavily alterates the pattern of LDH in liver. In close correspondence with the radioprotective effect of Solcoseryl on the survival rate of irradiated mice -- which amounts to 100% as compared with 40% survival of solely heat adapted animals -- Solcoseryl normalizes the LDH distribution both histochemically and biochemically. Since Solcoseryl alone generally enhances enzyme activity the normalization observed is obviously attributable to an intrinsically regulatory property of this natural compound.

Actihaemyl↗

Biological monitoring of exposure to styrene by analysis of combined urinary mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids.

Human volunteers were exposed in an experimental chamber to styrene (4 or 8 hours at 40 to 200 ppm) in order to obtain a quantitative relationship between exposure and urinary elimination of the metabolites mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids (MA and PGA). For the analysis of PGA a new GC-method was used, based on reductive transformation of the relatively instable PGA into MA, which is stable enough for shipping and handling until final processing. The analysis of the post-exposure elimination shows that spot urine sampled in the morning after exposure and analysed for the sum of MA and PGA is the most reliable index for reflecing a preceding exposure to styrene.

Adult↗

Monitoring of styrene exposure in the polyester industry.

Obtaining reliable results of exposure to styrene in field studies requires an appropriate methodology not only for analytical methods but also for the main strategy of conducting the surveys. This paper briefly describes how and why analytical methods for styrene in air, for its main metabolites in urine (mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids) and for critical biological function tests were either chosen from the literature or adapted or developed to fit our criteria of convenience and reliability. In a second step of the preparation of field studies, experimental exposures to styrene were carried out on volunteers so that the best indicators of exposure could be determined and data could be obtained on the elimination kinetics of the urinary metabolites and the quantitative relationships between exposure and the urinary concentrations of mandelic and phenylglyoxylic acids. Finally field investigations, including air and biological monitoring, complete industrial hygiene surveys and medical examinations, have been organized and are being carried out in the Swiss polyester industry. Preliminary results concerning biological monitoring are given.

Air Pollutants↗