AD  - Department of Ecology and Protection of Environment, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University, 541 24, Thessaloniki, Greece. kamarian@vet.auth.gr
TA  - Reprod Toxicol
LR  - 20031114
DCOM- 20031027
PST - ppublish
AB  - Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls are widely used in agriculture and industry, respectively. The present study assessed the burden of environmental pollutants in the follicular fluid of farm animals (cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs). An analytical method combining a solid-phase extraction with (C(18)) for clean-up and GC-electron capture detection using a capillary column was implemented for isolation and determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Of the organochlorine pesticides, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH, alpha-, beta-, and gamma-isomers), dieldrin, heptachlor epoxide, and the DDT-related chemicals (o,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDE, p,p'-DDD, p,p'-DDT) were detected and of the PCBs, the congeners PCB-52, -101, -138, -153, and -180 were detected. In all species of farm animals, the most frequently detected pollutant was gamma-HCH (90-100% of samples) followed by HCB (80-100%), and p,p'-DDE (75-90.91%). Species differences in the concentrations of HCB, beta-HCH, heptachlor epoxide, and DDT-related chemicals in follicular fluid were noted as well as differences in the concentrations of some pollutants within the same species.
STAT- completed
RN  - 58-89-9 (Lindane)
RN  - 50-29-3 (DDT)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides, Organochlorine)
RN  - 0 (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
RN  - 118-74-1 (Hexachlorobenzene)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
LA  - eng
PG  - 185-90
SB  - IM
DA  - 20030318
IP  - 2
EDAT- 2003/03/19 04:00
AU  - Kamarianos A
AU  - Karamanlis X
AU  - Goulas P
AU  - Theodosiadou E
AU  - Smokovitis A
JID - 8803591
OWN - NLM
MHDA- 2003/10/28 05:00
PMID- 12642151
SO  - Reprod Toxicol 2003 Mar-Apr;17(2):185-90.
DP  - 2003 Mar-Apr
AID - S0890623802001181 [pii]
IS  - 0890-6238
TI  - The presence of environmental pollutants in the follicular fluid of farm animals (cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs).
FAU - Smokovitis, A
FAU - Karamanlis, X
FAU - Theodosiadou, E
FAU - Kamarianos, A
FAU - Goulas, P
MH  - Female
MH  - Sheep
MH  - Follicular Fluid/*chemistry
MH  - Swine
MH  - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis
MH  - Lindane/analysis
MH  - Hexachlorobenzene/analysis
MH  - Goats
MH  - Insecticides, Organochlorine/analysis
MH  - Animals
MH  - Animals, Domestic/*metabolism
MH  - Cattle
MH  - DDT/analogs & derivatives/analysis
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/*analysis
PL  - United States
VI  - 17
PT  - Journal Article