Author(s): Ahmad Khatibi and Mahmoud M.A. Hassan
Article publication date: 1986-06-01
Vol. 4 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 269-276.
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Keywords
microbes, phenacetin, bacteria
Abstract
The capability of some bacterial and fungal strains for studying the metabolism of various analgesics and related compounds was investigated. It was found that phenacetin was metabolized to acetanilide by Aspergillus niger and to p-ethoxyaniline by Aspergillus flavus. Other compounds namely acetanilide, acetaminophen and acetazolamide, however were not affected under the same conditions