The different participation of the gastrointestinal microflora in the biotransformation of gamma-hexachlorcyclohexane (gamma-HCH), azobenzene and the isolated glucosinolate progoitrin was studied. Marked dehydrochlorination of gamma-HCH to gamma-pentachlorcyclohexene (PCCH) also occurs without participation of the microflora. Azobenzene was reduced in germ-free (g) and conventional (c) rats to hydrazobenzene but was split to aniline only in c-rats. Progoitrin was split with and without the influence of the microflora, but the splitting was more complete in rats with intact gastrointestinal flora.
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Macholz, R., Kujawa, M., Schulze, J., Lewerenz, H. J., & Schnaak, W. (1985). The metabolism of some xenobiotics in germ-free and conventional rats. Archives of Toxicology. Supplement. = Archiv Für Toxikologie. Supplement, 8, 373–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69928-3_77
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