Distribution and elimination routes of a naphthenic hydrocarbon (Dodecylcyclohexane) in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)

Journal Article · Sun Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1981 · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01622099· OSTI ID:6565756

Cravedi, J P; Tulliez, J

Contamination of fish by hydrocarbons, whether it occurred directly via the water or indirectly via the food chain has been the object of many studies during the last decade. The interest of laboratories have been focused on the most toxic components of crude oils, i.e., aromatic hydrocarbons but there is a lack of information on the fate of cyclic alkanes in fish. Naphthenic hydrocarbons are the least biologically active of the more mobile fractions of petroleum; nevertheless the fate of these compounds are worth considering, because they constitute respectively 41% and 19.2% of light and heavy crude oils. This paper reports the results of our experiment in which /sup 3/H-dodecylcyclohexane has been given per os to rainbow trout in order to evaluate the distribution and elimination routes of this cycloparaffin.

• Research Organization: Laboratoire de Recherches sur les Additifs Alimentaires, Toulouse, France
• OSTI ID: 6565756
• Journal Information: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 26:3; ISSN BECTA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ALKANES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CLEARANCE
CYCLOALKANES
CYCLOHEXANE
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISTRIBUTION
EXCRETION
FATS
FECES
FISHES
GLANDS
HYDROCARBONS
INGESTION
INTAKE
KIDNEYS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
LIVER
MATERIALS
MUSCLES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
SKIN
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TROUT
URINE
VERTEBRATES
WASTES