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toluene metabolic process

Known as: methylbenzene metabolic process, methylbenzene metabolism, toluene metabolism 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving toluene, a volatile monoaromatic hydrocarbon found in crude petroleum and petroleum products such as… Expand
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Methanogenic toluene metabolism: community structure and intermediates.
Toluene is a model compound used to study the anaerobic biotransformation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Reports indicate that toluene… Expand
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Simultaneous catabolite repression between glucose and toluene metabolism in Pseudomonas putida is channeled through different signaling pathways.
Pseudomonas putida KT2440(pWW0) can use toluene via the TOL plasmid-encoded catabolic pathways and can use glucose via a series… Expand
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
A set of genes encoding a second toluene efflux system in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E is linked to the tod genes for toluene metabolism.
Sequence analysis in Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E revealed a second toluene efflux system for toluene metabolism encoded by the… Expand
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Toluene metabolism by the solvent-tolerant Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1 strain, and its role in solvent impermeabilization.
Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E is a solvent-tolerant strain able to grow with toluene as the sole C-source. Tn5 mutagenesis was… Expand
Review
1997
Review
1997
The central nervous system and exposure to toluene: a risk characterization.
The principal health outcome of exposure to toluene is dysfunction of the central nervous system. Effects range from fatalities… Expand
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Toluene metabolism by cDNA-expressed human hepatic cytochrome P450.
The metabolism of toluene in human liver microsomes and by cDNA-expressed human cytochrome P450s (CYPs) was investigated. Toluene… Expand
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Metabolic by-products of anaerobic toluene degradation by sulfate-reducing enrichment cultures.
Two dead-end metabolites of anaerobic toluene transformation, benzylsuccinic acid and benzylfumaric acid, accumulated in sulfate… Expand
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Anaerobic Oxidation of Toluene, Phenol, and p-Cresol by the Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Organism, GS-15.
The dissimilatory Fe(III) reducer, GS-15, is the first microorganism known to couple the oxidation of aromatic compounds to the… Expand
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1984
1984
Effect of ethanol, cimetidine and propranolol on toluene metabolism in man
SummaryIn a climatic exposure chamber four healthy volunteers were exposed to 100ppm toluene, 100ppm toluene + ethanol, 100ppm… Expand
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Hippuric acid and o-cresol in the urine of workers exposed to Toluene
SummaryFactory workers, 74 males and 56 females exposed predominantly to toluene up to 129 ppm, were examined for the urinary… Expand
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