Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in herbaceous Centaurium erythraea affected by various sources of environmental pollution

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BRUDZINSKA-KOSIOR Anna KOSIOR Grzegorz KLÁNOVÁ Jana VAŇKOVÁ Lenka KUKUČKA Petr CHROPEŇOVÁ Mária SAMECKA-CYMERMAN Aleksandra KOLON Krzysztof MRÓZ Lucyna KEMPERS Alexander J.

Year of publication 2015
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of environmental science and health, Part A
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Web http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10934529.2015.1064282?journalCode=lesa20#.VsXPX-YuzRY
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10934529.2015.1064282
Field Environment influence on health
Keywords Bioindication; organic chemical industry; principal component and classification analysis
Description Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent xenobiotics with harmful effects on humans and wildlife. Their levels in the environment and accumulation in biota must be carefully controlled especially in species harvested from wild populations and commonly used as medicines. Our objective has been to determine PBDE concentrations (BDEs 28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183 and 209) in Centaurium erythraea collected at sites with various levels of environmental pollution. PBDE congener profiles in C. erythraea were dominated by BDE209, which accounted for 47-89% of the total PBDE burden in the plants. Principal Component and Classification Analysis, which classifies the concentration of PBDEs in C. erythraea, allowed us to distinguish the pattern of these compounds characteristic for the origin of pollution: BDEs 28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100 for lignite and general chemical industry and the vicinity of an expressway and BDEs 183 and 209 for a thermal power plant and ferrochrome smelting industry. Careful selection of sites with C. erythraea for medicinal purposes is necessary as this herb can accumulate PBDEs while growing at polluted sites.
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