Archives of Pharmacal Research vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 346 - 351
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SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
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Article
Abstract
The biotransformation of xylazine, a widly used animal tranquilizer, was investigated in rats. After administration of xylazine, the existence of 2,6-dimethylphenylisothiocyanate, 2,6-dimenthyl-4-hydroxy-aniline and p-hydroxy-xylazine in urine was confirmed by the comparison with chemically prepared standards in GC/MS. The main metabolite, p-hydroxy xylazine was excreted as conjugated form.