Studies in detoxication. 80. The metabolism of glycols

Abstract

The glycols, particularly ethylene, propylene and hexylene glycols, are important industrial chemicals (see Curme & Johnston, 1953). Although many toxicological studies have been made on these compounds (see In this paper a general survey of the metabolic reactions of 22 glycols has been carried out. Some were of industrial importance, and others had been tested for anaesthetic properties (see Buttle &