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DOI 10.1021/acs.est.8b05656
Title (Primary) Sorptive capacities of nonpolymeric plant lipids for hydrophobic chemicals determined by passive dosing
Author Bolinius, D.J.; MacLeod, M.; Iadaresta, F.; Holmbäck, J.; Jahnke, A. ORCID logo
Source Titel Environmental Science & Technology
Year 2019
Department ZELLTOX
Volume 53
Issue 3
Page From 1278
Page To 1286
Language englisch
Abstract Vegetation plays an important role in the partitioning, transport, and fate of semivolatile hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) in the environment. Leaf/air partition ratios (Kleaf/air) of HOCs are highly variable for different plant species. The differences cannot be fully explained by the fraction of lipids in the leaves or the thickness of the cuticle. Our goal was to elucidate the importance of nonpolymeric lipids in determining Kleaf/air. To do this, we extracted organic matter from 7 plant species using solvents that do not extract the polymeric lipids cutin and cutan, to yield extractable organic matter (EOM). We used passive dosing to determine the partition ratios of selected HOCs between the EOM of the leaves and our reference lipid, olive oil (KEOM/olive oil). In addition, we measured analogous partition ratios for three lipid standards. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to characterize the composition of lipids. Differences in KEOM/olive oil of two polychlorinated biphenyls and four chlorinated benzenes were below a factor of 2 in the plant species studied, indicating that the reported differences in Kleaf/air are not caused by differences in the sorptive capacities of nonpolymeric lipids or that our EOM is not representative of all nonpolymeric leaf lipids.
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Bolinius, D.J., MacLeod, M., Iadaresta, F., Holmbäck, J., Jahnke, A. (2019):
Sorptive capacities of nonpolymeric plant lipids for hydrophobic chemicals determined by passive dosing
Environ. Sci. Technol. 53 (3), 1278 - 1286 10.1021/acs.est.8b05656