Development of a high-performance liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of pyrene-1,6- and 1,8-dione in animal and human urine.

A recent in vivo mass-balance study on the disposition of 14C-labelled pyrene in rats suggests that 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) is not the major excreted metabolite. In that report, specific metabolites other than 1-OHP were not identified. The purpose of this study was to identify and quantify these unknown metabolites of pyrene in animal and human urine.

Is 1-hydroxypyrene a reliable bioindicator of measured dietary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon under normal conditions?

Five healthy volunteers consumed similar amounts of identical foods for 5 consecutive days. The concentration of pyrene and of benzo(a)pyrene was determined in each of the 15 meals by a short analytical method that included sample saponification, solvent extraction, and HPLC analysis. The volunteers also provided three daily total volume 8-h urine samples for the duration of the study for the assessment of 1-hydroxypyrene, a biomarker of pyrene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure.