title: Polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide residues in Lophius budegassa from the Mediterranean Sea (Italy).
abstract: Persistent organochlorines, such as polychlorinated biphenyls, including coplanar congeners and DDT compounds, were measured in the liver of a teleost species: namely, Lophius budegassa. The mean concentrations of PCBs (1249 ng/g wet wt) were comparable with DDTs mean levels (1459 ng/g wet wt). Among DDTs the compound found at the highest concentration was p,p'-DDE representing 76% of the total DDT burden. The PCB profiles were dominated by congeners 153, 180, and 138 accounting for 49.8%, 16.0% and 13.7% of the total PCBs. The total 2,3,7,8-TCDD toxic equivalent (TEQs) of six coplanar PCBs, including mono- and non-ortho congeners, was 0.98 pg/g wet wt. The congeners with highest TEQs values were non-ortho-congeners followed by mono-ortho ones.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacological-Biological Department, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, University of Bari, Strada Prov. le per Casamassima Km 3, Valenzano, Bari 70010, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Maddalena
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Storelli
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Storelli
authors.forename: Grazia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: Giuseppe Onofrio
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Marcotrigiano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007306:Insecticides / Q000032:analysis*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry*; D008522:Mediterranean Sea; D010573:Pesticide Residues / Q000032:analysis*; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010573:Pesticide Residues; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls