title: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in herbaceous Centaurium erythraea affected by various sources of environmental pollution.
abstract: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent xenobiotics with harmful effects on humans and wildlife. Their levels in the environment and accumulation in biota must be carefully controlled especially in species harvested from wild populations and commonly used as medicines. Our objective has been to determine PBDE concentrations (BDEs 28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183 and 209) in Centaurium erythraea collected at sites with various levels of environmental pollution. PBDE congener profiles in C. erythraea were dominated by BDE209, which accounted for 47-89% of the total PBDE burden in the plants. Principal Component and Classification Analysis, which classifies the concentration of PBDEs in C. erythraea, allowed us to distinguish the pattern of these compounds characteristic for the origin of pollution: BDEs 28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100 for lignite and general chemical industry and the vicinity of an expressway and BDEs 183 and 209 for a thermal power plant and ferrochrome smelting industry. Careful selection of sites with C. erythraea for medicinal purposes is necessary as this herb can accumulate PBDEs while growing at polluted sites.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brudzińska-Kosior
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kosior
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment , Faculty of Science , Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klánová
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment , Faculty of Science , Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Lenka
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vaňková
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment , Faculty of Science , Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kukučka
authors.affiliation: b Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment , Faculty of Science , Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Mária
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chropeňová
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samecka-Cymerman
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Krzysztof
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kolon
authors.affiliation: a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mróz
authors.affiliation: c Department of Environmental Science , Radboud University of Nijmegen , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Alexander J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kempers
mesh_terms: D029966:Centaurium / Q000737:chemistry*; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000032:analysis*; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis; D011210:Power Plants; D025341:Principal Component Analysis
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D055768:Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers; D011075:Polybrominated Biphenyls; C533760:tribromodiphenyl ether 28
keywords: Bioindication; organic chemical industry; principal component and classification analysis