Assessment of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon content in four species of fish in the Niger Delta by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-743

  Anyakora, Chimezie ^a   Coker, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fish; GC MS; Niger Delta; PAHs

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; ION; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLARAIS GARIEPINNUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIZA DUMERILLI; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PARACHANNA OBSCURA; PSEUDOLITHUS ELONGATUS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

LIZA; PSEUDOTOLITHUS ELONGATUS;

EID: 34047148815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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