Two abundant bioaccumulated halogenated compounds are natural products

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5711, 2005, Pages 917-920

  Teuten, Emma L ^a   Xu, Li ^a   Reddy, Christopher M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

BIOACCMULATION; METHOXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERSS (MEO-PBDE); NATURAL ABUNDANCE; WHALE;

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS;

CARBON 14; HALIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ETHER;

AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDROXYLATION; METHYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; MESOPLODON MIRUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 13644259892     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1106882     Document Type: Article

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