Artigo Revisado por pares

Arsenic Fatty Acids Are Human Urinary Metabolites of Arsenolipids Present in Cod Liver

2005; Wiley; Volume: 45; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/anie.200502706

ISSN

1521-3773

Autores

Ernst Schmeisser, Alice Rumpler, Manfred Kollroser, Gerald N. Rechberger, Walter Goessler, Kevin A. Francesconi,

Tópico(s)

Paraquat toxicity studies and treatments

Resumo

Is fish a healthy food? Arsenolipids present in cod liver are metabolized by humans to arsenic-containing fatty acids. Four of these metabolites were identified in human urine after consumption of cod liver and characterized by mass spectrometry and chromatography.

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