RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS AND MIXED-FUNCTION OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN SKIN BIOPSY SPECIMENS OF MEDITERRANEAN FIN WHALES (BALAENOPTERA-PHYSALUS)

Authors
MARSILI L FOSSI MC DISCIARA GN ZANARDELLI M NANI B PANIGADA S FOCARDI S
Citation
L. Marsili et al., RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS AND MIXED-FUNCTION OXIDASE ACTIVITY IN SKIN BIOPSY SPECIMENS OF MEDITERRANEAN FIN WHALES (BALAENOPTERA-PHYSALUS), Chemosphere (Oxford), 37(8), 1998, pp. 1501-1510
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere (Oxford) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
37
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1501 - 1510
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1998)37:8<1501:RBOCAM>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The relationship between organochlorine contaminants (PCBs and DDTs) a nd mixed function oxidase, benzo(a)pyrene monooxigenase activity (BPMO ), was investigated in skin biopsy specimens from fin whales (Balaenop tera physalus) of the Mediterranean Sea. Skin biopsy material sampled by a non invasive technique, is suitable for a wide range of chemical and biomarker analysis. In this study PCBs and DDTs were evaluated in subcutaneous blubber and MFO activity in epidermis. An interesting cor relation was found in male specimens between the two variables. (C) 19 98 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.