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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.15244/pjoes/111578
Titel (primär) Role of hydrophobicity in bio-accessibility of environmental pollutants among different organisms
Autor Ashraf, M.R.; Bakhat, H.F.; Shah, G.M.; Arshad, H.M.; Mahmood, Q.; Shahid, N.
Quelle Polish Journal of Environmental Studies
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
Department OEKOTOX
Band/Volume 29
Heft 5
Seite von 3509
Seite bis 3516
Sprache englisch
Keywords hydrophobicity; toxicity; protozoan; water flea; FISH
Abstract This study concerns the relationship between hydrophobicity and bio-accessibility of environmental pollutants among Tetrahymena pyriformis (protozoan), Daphnia magna (water flea) and the fish Poecilia reticulata. The toxicological data of 55 chemicals in terms of 50% effect concentration (EC50) was selected toward these three biological objects along with their hydrophobic potential (octanol-water partition coefficients (log Kow)). Overall, a significant correlation was recorded among all test systems, with the highest between Tetrahymena pyriformis and Poecilia reticulata (R = 0.93). The acute toxicity results revealed substantial difference in the sensitivity of the three test systems but at a certain level of hydrophobicity (log Kow values 0.5 to 2.5), where all environmental pollutants have the utmost ability to reach biological compartments as cytosole and target sites within the membranes, to interfere with normal cell functioning by effecting normal enzymatic activity and directly to biological macromolecules.
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Ashraf, M.R., Bakhat, H.F., Shah, G.M., Arshad, H.M., Mahmood, Q., Shahid, N. (2020):
Role of hydrophobicity in bio-accessibility of environmental pollutants among different organisms
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 29 (5), 3509 - 3516 10.15244/pjoes/111578