@article {4862,
	title = {Determination of monomethylarsonous acid, a key arsenic methylation intermediate, in human urine},
	journal = {Environmental Health Perspectives},
	volume = {108},
	number = {11},
	year = {2000},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: 373XPTimes Cited: 101Cited Reference Count: 48},
	month = {Nov},
	pages = {1015-1018},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {In this study we report on the finding of monomethylarsonous acid [MMA(III)I in human urine. This newly identified arsenic species is a key intermediate in the metabolic pathway of arsenic biomethylation, which involves stepwise reduction of pentavalent to trivalent arsenic species followed by oxidative addition of a methyl group. Arsenic speciation was carried out using ion-pair chromatographic separation of arsenic compounds with hydride generation atomic fluorescence spectrometry detection. Speciation of the inorganic arsenite [As(III)], inorganic arsenate [As(V)], monomethylarsonic acid [MMA(V)], dimethylarsinic acid [DMA(V)], and MMA(III) in a urine sample was complete in 5 min. Urine samples collected from humans before and after a single oral administration of 300 mg sodium 2,3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate (DMPS) were analyzed for arsenic species. MMA(III) was found in 51 out of 123 urine samples collected from 41 people in inner Mongolia 0-6 hr after the administration of DMPS. MMA(III)in urine samples did not arise from the reduction of MMA(V) by DMPS. DMPS probably assisted the release of MMA(III) that was formed in the body. Along with the presence of MMA(III), there was an increase in the relative concentration of MMA(V) and a decrease in DMA(V) in the urine samples collected after the DMPS ingestion.},
	keywords = {3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate, ARSENIC SPECIATION, BIOMARKERS, CARCINOGENESIS, CHEMICAL FORMS, DIMETHYLARSINIC ACID, ENZYMATIC METHYLATION, EXCRETION, EXPOSURE, GLUTATHIONE-REDUCTASE, INGESTION, METABOLISM, METABOLITES, METHYLATION, MONOMETHYLARSONOUS ACID, sodium 2, SPECIATION, trivalent methylarsenic species, urine metabolites},
	isbn = {0091-6765},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://000165315600019},
	author = {Le, X. C. and Ma, M. S. and Lu, X. F. and Cullen, W. R. and Aposhian, H. V. and Zheng, B. S.}
}
@article {3094,
	title = {EFFECT OF CYSTEINE ON THE SPECIATION OF ARSENIC BY USING HYDRIDE GENERATION ATOMIC-ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY},
	journal = {Analytica Chimica Acta},
	volume = {285},
	number = {3},
	year = {1994},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: MV474Times Cited: 61Cited Reference Count: 41},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {277-285},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {The use of hydride generation techniques for arsenic species is pH dependent. Identical responses can not be obtained from arsenite, arsenate, monomethylarsonic acid (MMAA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMAA) when the same acid concentration is used. Thus some methods commonly used for the direct determination of total arsenic under compromised conditions are subject to error. This error is eliminated by the addition of 2\% cysteine to samples prior to hydride generation. In the presence of cysteine the optimum condition for the determination of these arsenic species is in the same range, and a single arsenic species can be used for calibration. This finding is applied to the determination of arsenic in human urine by using flow injection, hydride generation, and atomic absorption spectrometry methodology. The effect of cysteine and thioglycerol is reported in detail, and it is proposed that arsenate, MMAA and DMAA all in the As(V) state, are reduced to the As(III) state as organo-sulfur-arsenic(III) compounds through the reaction between the arsenic species and the thiol. These products, organosulfur derivatives of arsenic(III), easily react with tetrahydroborate(III) under similar conditions to afford the arsines without interference from cysteine. Non-thiol-containing amino acids such as methionine, glycine and histidine do not react with arsenic species in this way, and therefore they do not affect the pH dependence of the generation of arsenic hydride species.},
	keywords = {AMOUNTS, ANTIMONY, ARSENIC SPECIATION, ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY, CHROMATOGRAPHY, CYSTEINE, EMISSION-SPECTROMETRY, ENVIRONMENT, FLOW INJECTION, HUMAN URINE, HYDRIDE GENERATION, INTERFERENCE REDUCTION, L-CYSTINE, NATURAL-WATERS, selenium, SPECTROSCOPY, TIN, TRACE},
	isbn = {0003-2670},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1994MV47400004},
	author = {Le, X. C. and Cullen, W. R. and Reimer, K. J.}
}
@article {2770,
	title = {BIOTRANSFORMATION OF [H-3] METHYLARSONIC ACID IN A STATIC SEAWATER SYSTEM CONTAINING MYTILUS-CALIFORNIANUS},
	journal = {Applied Organometallic Chemistry},
	volume = {7},
	number = {5},
	year = {1993},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: LV681Times Cited: 8Cited Reference Count: 24},
	month = {Sep},
	pages = {329-334},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {Mytius californianus exposed for 9 days to a seawater system containing [H-3]methylarsonic acid, was found to contain [H-3]methylarsonic acid along with [H-3]arsenobetaine and two unknown H-3-labeled compounds in the tissue parts of the mussel. A linear increase with time in the specific activity present in the flesh of Mytilus californianus was also observed. The highest specific activity was found in the visceral mass and the gills of the mussel.},
	keywords = {ALGAE, ARSENIC SPECIATION, arsenobetaine, ARSENOCHOLINE, BIOACCUMULATION, H-3 LABEL, IDENTIFICATION, marine environment, methylarsonic acid, METHYLATION, mussel, ORGANOARSENIC},
	isbn = {0268-2605},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1993LV68100005},
	author = {Cullen, W. R. and Pergantis, S. A.}
}
@article {7217,
	title = {METHYLATED ANTIMONY(V) COMPOUNDS - SYNTHESIS, HYDRIDE GENERATION PROPERTIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR AQUATIC SPECIATION},
	journal = {Applied Organometallic Chemistry},
	volume = {6},
	number = {2},
	year = {1992},
	note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: HQ168Times Cited: 44Cited Reference Count: 16INTERNATIONAL CONF ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MAIN-GROUP ORGANOMETALS ( ICEBAMO )SEP 15-19, 1991PADUA, ITALYUNIV PADUA, ITALIAN CHEM SOC},
	month = {Apr},
	pages = {207-211},
	type = {Proceedings Paper},
	abstract = {Reports in the literature that the compounds MeSb(O)(OH)2 and Me2Sb(O)OH are present in marine and fresh-waters need to be re-examined. The results of several synthetic strategies suggest that these methylantimony(V) compounds are either environmentally inaccessible or polymeric in nature. Pure samples of various di- and trimethylated antimony(V) species were prepared and found to undergo molecular rearrangement reactions when subjected to hydride generation procedures typically used for aquatic speciation.},
	keywords = {analysis, AQUATIC SPECIATION, ARSENIC SPECIATION, dimethylantimony, GCAA, HYDRIDE GENERATION, trimethylantimony},
	isbn = {0268-2605},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://A1992HQ16800014},
	author = {Dodd, M. and Grundy, S. L. and Reimer, K. J. and Cullen, W. R.}
}
