Toxicological Research in Africa; The risk assessment that paid attention to drug metabolism species specificity

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We paid attention to a drug metabolism phase II conjugation reaction and determined species specificity of pro-drug metabolism for the wild animal. Sulfate conjugation of pyrene was detected in the pigs which had been thought to have low sulfate conjugation activity by the screening using 11 kinds of mammalian urine. Also, as a result of kinetics analysis, it was found that the enzyme efficiency of the pig was higher than a rat. Whereas, in the investigation carried out in Africa, we obtained amphibians, mammals, avian urine and an organ. As a result of having performed chemical analysis mainly on heavy metal and pesticides, an extremely highly-concentrated chemical was detected in some areas, and the tendency that accumulated a chemical at the level that was higherthan other organism species in birds particularly was observed.