PL
We krwi szczurów samców rasy Wistar oznaczono stężenie trzech wybranych izomerów dinitrotoluenu: 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,6-DNT i methemoglobiny po jednorazowym ich podaniu dożołądkowym w zależności od czasu. Zmiany stężeń izomerów DNT opisano dwukompartmentowym modelem Wagnera-Nelsona, a methemoglobiny jednokompartmentowym modelem Batemana.
EN
The kinetics of 2,3- 2,4- and 2,6-DNT concentration was tested in the blood of male Wistar rats after a single per os exposure at 100 mg/kg b.w. The kinetics of DNT metabolism can be described by the Wagner-Nelson open two-compartment model. The maximum blood 2,3-DNT concentration was reached after 0.5 h, while the corresponding values for the 2,4- and 2,6-DNT were 3.0 h and 2.5 h, respectively. In contrast to 2,3-DNT, which was distributed from the blood to the tissues at a higher rate than back to the blood, the distribution of 2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT from the blood to the tissues was slower than from the tissues to the blood. The elimination rate constants indicates a slow removal of the isomers. Blood methaemoglobin concentrations were also determined for the same animals. The maximum blood methaemoglobin concentrations obtained 2.5 h after 2,3- and 2,4-DNT administration and 2.0 h after 2,6-DNT exposure were 45.2%, 22.5% and 20.4% total haemoglobin, respectively.