Levels of hexabromocyclododecane in harbor porpoises and common dolphins from western European seas, with evidence for stereoisomer-specific biotransformation by cytochrome P450

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2095-2100

  Zegers, Bart N ^a,b   Mets, Anchelique ^a   Van Bommel, Ronald ^a   Minkenberg, Chris ^a   Hamers, Timo ^c   Kamstra, Jorke H ^c   Pierce, Graham J ^d   Boon, Jan P ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLAME RETARDANTS; ISOMERS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEAN HABITATS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYSTYRENES;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CYTOCHROME; ELECTRON DONOR; MICROSOMAL PREPARATIONS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CYTOCHROME P450; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COASTAL WATER; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BROMINATION; CETACEA; DIASTEREOISOMER; DOLPHIN; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FRANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE; SEA; SEAL; SPAIN; STEREOISOMERISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOLPHINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSOMES; NADP; PORPOISES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOISOMERISM;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; NORTH SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 16844363318     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049209t     Document Type: Article

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