The metabolism of naphthalene in rabbits

Abstract

Colour tests for naphthols and glycuronic acid. Certain authors [Igersheimer and Ruben, 1910; Edelfsen, 1905], on the basis of colour reactions applied to the urine excreted by dogs after naphthalene feeding, concluded that naphthalene was oxidised to naphthol in the body and was excreted in the urine as oc-or /3-naphthylglycuronate. Lesnick [1888] isolated a small amount of chemically pure oc-naphthylglycuronate from dog's urine after the feeding of 12 g. of naphthalene. Penzoldt [1886] was unable to