Screening for planar chlorobiphenyl congeners in marine biota by HPLC/PDA
- NOAA/NMFS, Seattle, WA (United States)
A rapid method has been developed to screen for the dioxin-like planar chlorobiphenyl (CB) congeners, as well as certain other CBs and DDTs, in tissue samples from marine biota. Following extraction, the analytes were separated from interfering compounds on a gravity-flow column packed with acidic, basic and neutral silica gel. Subsequently, the planar CB congeners were resolved from the DDTs and other CBs by HPLC on Cosmosil PYE analytical columns cooled to 9 C and were measured by an ultraviolet (UV) photodiode array (PDA) detector. Individual analytes were identified by comparing their UV spectra and retention to those of reference standards and analyte purity was established by comparing spectra within a peak to the apex spectrum. The HPLC/PDA method was tested with tissue samples from fish, shellfish and marine mammals. Concentrations of the planar CB congeners, as well as certain other CBs and DDTs, in samples determined by screening compared favorably with those in the same samples analyzed by a comprehensive method. The screening method required about 20% of the time needed for the comprehensive analyses. The authors demonstrated the utility of the HPLC/PDA method by determining CBs and DDTs in edible tissue from a variety of seafood species; preliminary results from this survey will be presented.
- OSTI ID:
- 37487
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273-; TRN: IM9519%%411
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Denver, CO (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15th annual meeting: Abstract book. Ecological risk: Science, policy, law, and perception; PB: 286 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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