Abstract
Abstract Rat caecal contents decarboxylate phenolic benzoic acid derivatives when a free hydroxyl group is in the para position but the presence of substituents adjacent to this group or the carboxyl group reduce or abolish the reaction. Compounds containing a hydroxyl group in the ortho or meta position but lacking one in the para position are not decarboxylated. Some methoxy-derivatives are demethylated. The possible relationship between these findings and urinary phenols is discussed.
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