An evaluation of the environmental fate and behavior of munitions materiel (tetryl and polar metabolites of TNT) in soil and plant systems. Preliminary evaluation of TNT-polar metabolites in plants

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10185034· OSTI ID:10185034

Fellows, R J; Harvey, S D; Cataldo, D A

A preliminary study was conducted to elucidate the nature of the polar metabolites reported for plant tissues and xylem exudates following root accumulation of trinitrotoluene. Studies focused on the nature of the proposed conjugates of TNT-residues in xylem exudates of bush beam plants. Use of enzymatic methods failed to demonstrate that the conjugates were carbohydrate based, but acid hydrolysis indicated that the conjugates may be protein based. Of the five polar conjugates isolated from exudates, the presence of aminodinitrotoluene isomers and one unknown TNT residue was demonstrated.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 10185034
• Report Number(s): PNL-8823; ON: DE93041137; TRN: 93:022957
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ROOTS
ACID HYDROLYSIS
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FOOD CHAINS
DNA ADDUCTS
FRACTIONATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ISOMERS
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CHEMICALS MONITORING AND TRANSPORT
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