The methodology for the prediction of properties of environmental relevance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on the conductor-like screening model for real solvents (COSMO-RS/COSMOtherm) is presented and evaluated, with a special focus on the aqueous solubility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and related aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). It is shown that the solubility predictions as w...

In the inbred C57BL/6N mouse, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase induction by polycyclic hydrocarbons increases rapidly in the neonatal period; this response to these pharmacological, exogenous compounds does not appear in the DBA/2N, NZW/BLN, or NZB/BLN strains. The development of the constitutive hydroxylase activity in the neonatal period is the same in all four strains. Small differences in pH op...

The photodynamic effect of polycyclic hydrocarbons was studied in Neurospora crassa and tissue culture cells of the Chinese hamster. The polycyclic hydrocarbons were dissolved in dimethylformamide and added to the treatment solution or medium. Other solvents, such as dimethyl sulfoxide and bovine serum, quenched the photodynamic effect of 3,4-benzpyrene and could not be used. Conidia from a dik...

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons are ubiquitous in the urban atmosphere and one of the most atmospheric pollutants to be identified as suspected carcinogens .The objective of this study was to compare particulate PAH profiles from several sites across Tehran. Atmospheric concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Tehran were evaluated to study particulate PAH profiles in different si...

chrmatography and Suorescence detection. Journal of High Resolution Chromatography 21: 667}670. Leeming R andHamerW (1990)Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lake sediments. Organic Geochemistry 15: 469}476. Messer DC and Taylor LT (1995)Method development for the quantitation of trace polyaromatic from water via solid-phase extraction with supercritical Suid elution. Journal o...

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in three sections of a dated sediment core from Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, have been analyzed by gas chromatographic spectrometry. This historical information suggests that sedimentary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, at least at this location, result primarily from the anthropogenic combustion of fossil fuels.

polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) in the priority controlling list of us epa weresystematically evaluated in surface sediments in dianchi lake and its estuaries. total pah concentrations(σpahs) varied from 210 to 11,070 ng/g dry weight (d.w.) in dianchi lake, and from 230 to 12,271 ng/g d.w.in the estuaries. σpahs in sediments from caohai section were higher than those from waihai section...

Increasing exposure of biological systems to large amounts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is of great public concern. Organisms have an array of biological defense mechanisms, and it is believed that mucosal gel (which covers the respiratory system, the gastrointestinal tract, etc.) provides an effective chemical shield against a range of toxic materials. However, in this work, we demonstr...

concentration levels of 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs) consisting of naphthalene, acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorine, phenantherene, anthracene, fluor?anthene, pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, chrysene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, benzo(a)p?yrene, dibenzo(a,h)ant?hracene, indeno(1,2,3-cd) pyrene and benzo(g,h,i)perylene were measured in water and sediment samples coll...