Distribution and elimination routes of a naphthenic hydrocarbon (Dodecylcyclohexane) in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
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), Vol. 26:3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
CYCLOHEXANE
EXCRETION
INGESTION
TISSUE DISTRIBUTION
FATS
FECES
KIDNEYS
LIVER
MUSCLES
RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS
SKIN
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
TROUT
URINE
ALKANES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CLEARANCE
CYCLOALKANES
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
DISTRIBUTION
FISHES
GLANDS
HYDROCARBONS
INTAKE
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MATERIALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
VERTEBRATES
WASTES
560305* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Vertebrates- (-1987)