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Dechlorination of Individual Congeners in Aroclor 1248 as Enhanced by Chlorobenzoates, Chlorophenols, and Chlorobenzenes

  • Kim, Jong-Seol;Cho, Young-Cheol;Frohnhoefer, Robert C.;Rhee, G-Yull
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제18권10호
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    • pp.1701-1708
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    • 2008
  • Previous investigations showed that three classes of haloaromatic compounds (HACs; chlorobenzoates, chlorophenols, and chlorobenzenes) enhanced the reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1248, judging from the overall extent of reduction in CI atoms on the biphenyl. In the present study, we further investigated the kind of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) congeners involved in the enhanced dechlorination by four isomers belonging to each class (2,3-, 2,5-, 2,3,5-, and 2,4,6-chlorobenzoates; 2,3-, 3,4-, 2,5-, and 2,3,6-chlorophenols; and 1,2-, 1,2,3-, 1,2,4-, and penta-chlorobenzenes). Although the PCB congeners involved in the enhanced dechlorination varied with the HACs, the enhancement primarily involved para-dechlorination of the same congeners (2,3,4'-, 2,3,4,2'-plus 2,3,6,4'-, 2,5,3',4'- plus 2,4,5,2',6'-, and 2,3,6,2',4'-chlorobiphenyls), regardless of the HACs. These congeners are known to have low threshold concentrations for dechlorination. To a lesser extent, the enhancement also involved meta dechlorination of certain congeners with high threshold concentrations. There was no or less accumulation of 2,4,4'- and 2,5,4'-chlorobiphenyls as final products under HAC amendment. Although the dechlorination products varied, the accumulation of ortho-substituted congeners, 2-, 2,2'-, and 2,6-chlorobiphenyls, was significantly higher with the HACs, indicating a more complete dechlorination of the highly chlorinated congeners. Therefore, the present results suggest that the enhanced dechlorination under HAC enrichment is carried out through multiple pathways, some of which may be universal, regardless of the kind of HACs, whereas others may be HAC-specific.

Clofibrate의 유도체가 토끼의 혈소판 응집에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of Congeners of Clofibrate on Inhibition of Rabbit Platelet Aggregation)

  • 홍충만;장동덕;신동환;조재천;조명행
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제3권2호
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    • pp.132-135
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    • 1995
  • Several clofibrate congeners (bezafibrate, gemfibrozil and fenofibrate) were investigated the relationship between effects on the aggregation induced by aggregating agents (thrombin, arachidonic acid, ADP and collagen) and arachidonic acid metabolism in rabbit homogenized platelet. In platelet aggregation study, all drugs produced no significant inhibition (data not shown) in arachidonic acid and thrombin. Also platelet aggregation by ADP was not changed in bezafibrate and Inhibited dose dependently in fenofibrate and gemfibrozil. Platelet aggregation by collagen was inhibited dose dependently and significantly (from p<0.5 to p<0.001) by gemfibrozil and fenofibrate at concentrations between 20 and 400 $\mu$M. In arachidonic acid metabolism study, synthesis of thromboxane $B_2$ was not changed in rabbit platelet membranes and that of prostaglandin $E_2$ and $F_{2{\alpha}}$ was slightly increased by all drugs. It was concluded that clofibrate congeners inhibited ADP and collagen induced rabbit platelet aggregation and inhibition of collagen induced aggregation was probably mediated through some mechanism (pathway) other than arachidonic acid metabolism, judging from arachidonic acid metabolites (thromboxane $B_2$, prostaglandin $E_2$and $F_{ 2{\alpha}}$) synthesis in rabbit homogenized Platelet.

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안성 지역 소나무 잎과 토양 중 PBDEs의 농도 수준 및 특성 (Concentration and Characteristic of PBDEs in Pine Needle and Soil of Ansung-city)

  • 여현구;조기철;천만영
    • 한국환경보건학회지
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    • 제32권2호
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 2006
  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in pine needles and soil samples from rural area were analyzed in this study. Concentrations of PBDE congeners were ranged between 0.2 and 3104 pg/g DW(dry weight) in pine needles and between 2.4 and 1997 pg/g DW in soil samples. The most abundant congener both in pine needles and soil samples was BDE-209, which was related to importation and production of deca-BDE technical mixtures in Korean industry. And BDE-99, BDE-47, BDE-100 deposited in pine needles and soil samples were closely matched with the major constituents of the penta-BDE technical mixture. Those can be interpreted as an evidence that transfer of the congeners in deca-BDE and penta-BDE technical mixtures from source to pine needle and soil occurs with broadly similar efficiency. Correlation coefficient(r) of PBDE congeners deposited in pine needles and soil samples is very significant because it implies th at there has been little weathering/degradation/alteration of the congeners generated from sources during atmospheric transport or within pine needles and soil themselves.

DFT Calculation on the Electron Affinity of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins

  • Lee, Jung-Eun;Choi, Won-Yong;Mhin, Byung-Jin
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제24권6호
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    • pp.792-796
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    • 2003
  • Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) are extremely toxic and persistent environmental pollutants. Their chemical reactivities and other physicochemical/biological properties show a strong dependence on the chlorination pattern. With increasing the number of chlorines, dioxin congeners become more electronegative and gain higher electron affinities. The vertical electron affinities (VEA) are related with the LUMO energies of neutral molecules. LUMO energies of all PCDD congeners were calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G** level and those of some selected congeners at the level of B3LYP/6-311G**//B3LYP/6-31G** and B3LYP/cc-pvtz/ /B3LYP/6-31G**. The total energies of neutral and anionic species for dibenzo-p-dioxins (DD), 1469-TCDD, 2378-TCDD, and OCDD were calculated at the level of B3LYP/6-31G**, B3LYP/aug-cc-pvdz, and B3LYP/ aug-cc-pvtz//B3LYP/6-31G**. By using the four congeners with D2h symmetry as reference molecules, we could estimate VEA (B3LYP/aug-cc-pvdz) of 75 PCDD congeners based on the linear correlations between LUMO energy and VEA (B3LYP/6-31G**) and between VEA (B3LYP/6-31G**) and VEA (B3LYP/aug-ccpvtz// B3LYP/6-31G**). Results show that all PCDDs with the number of Cl ≥ 3 have positive electron affinities. The PCDD electron affinity values provided in this work can be a useful data set in understanding the congener-specific reactivities of dioxins in various environmental media.

낙동강 유역에 서식하는 붕어와 황소개구리 체내의 Polychlorinated biphenyls의 축적도와 분포특성 (Accumulation Levels and Distribution Characteristics of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Crucians and Leopard Frogs from the Nakdong River Basin)

  • 문지용;이성인;송희영;이경진;최경희;정기호
    • 분석과학
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.347-354
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구에서는 낙동강과 그 유역에 서식하는 붕어와 황소개구리 체내의 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)의 축적도와 분포특성을 조사하였다. 낙동강의 구미부터 하구언까지 모두 5개 지점에서 붕어와 황소개구리를 채집하였으며, 이들의 근육 부분을 최종 분석시료로 하였다. PCBs의 정량분석은 GC-MSD 시스템으로 처리하였으며, PCBs 총농도를 대변할 수 있는 62개 congener를 분석항목으로 선정하였다. 붕어에서는 모두 24개의 congener가 검출되었고 총 PCBs 농도는 0.74~5.41 ng/g wet weight 범위로 나타났다. 황소개구리에서는 낙동강 하구언 1개 지점에서 단지 2개의 congener가 검출되었고 그 농도도 0.24 ng/g wet weight로서 붕어보다 약 22배 정도 낮게 검출되었다. 전체적으로, PCB 153이 가장 높게 검출된 congener이고, penta- 및 hexa-CBs가 총 PCBs의 78%를 차지하였다.

대기 시료 중 PCBs 전 이성체 분석에 관한 연구 (Analysis of all PCB Congeners in Air Samples by HRGC/HRMS)

  • 김경수;송병주;김종국
    • 분석과학
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.309-319
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    • 2003
  • 본 연구에서는 전주시 대기 시료를 대상으로 PCBs 209개 전 이성체를 분석하였다. 추출한 시료는 황산 실리카겔 및 활성탄 컬럼으로 정제하였으며 DB-5 컬럼 ($60m{\times}0.25mm{\times}0.25{\mu}m$)을 이용하여 고분해능 가스크로마토그래피 및 고분해능 질량분석기 (HRGC/HRMS)로 분석을 수행하였다. 대기 시료 중 PCBs 농도는 $0.003{\sim}0.163pg-TEQ/m^3$의 범위를 보였다. DB-5 컬럼을 사용하여 분석한 결과 총 162개의 피크가 검출되었고, 그 중 37개의 피크는 하나 이상의 이성체가 중복된 피크로 정성되었다. 또한, 독성을 가지고 있는 coplanar-PCB 중에서도 IUPAC No. 118/106과 105/127번의 분리가 어려워 coplanar-PCB 농도를 과대평가 할 가능성이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 발생원 시료 (Kanechlor와 소각로 배가스)와 대기 시료와의 coplanar-PCB 이성체 분포를 비교한 결과, PCB-81, 77, 126와 169이성체는 소각로 시료에서 높은 비율을 나타냈다.

Two New Thalestrid Harpacticois (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Thalestridae) from Korea

  • Chang, Cheon-Young;Song, Sung-Joon
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제1권2호
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    • pp.297-304
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    • 1997
  • Two new harpacticoid species of family Thalestridae are described on the basis of the specimens collected from the shallow sublittoral sand bottom or seagrasses of rocky shore in South Korea. Dactylopusia pauciarticulata n. sp. is discernible from its 19 congeners by the 6-articulated antennule. Paradactylopodia koreana n. sp. most resembles P. striata Kunz, 1973 of its seven congeners, but obviously distinguished from it by the shape of male leg 2 endopod.

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Dioxin Distributions from Combustion: Incinerator Data, Thermodynamic Data, and Kinetic Hypotheses

  • James A. Mulholland;Ryu, Jae-Yong
    • 한국대기환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국대기환경학회 1999년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.225-228
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    • 1999
  • The formation of dioxin (term used here to refer to both polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, PCDDS, and dibenzofurans, PCBFs) in combustion processes is of concern because of the extreme toxicities of some of these compounds and because of their resistance to degradation in the environment. The number and location of chlorine substituents differentiate dioxin homologues and isomers, respectively. There are a total of 75 PCDD congeners and 135 PCDF congeners.(omitted)

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Two New Species of Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Philippines

  • Uy, Christine Jewel C.;Bae, Yeon Jae
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • 제33권1호
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    • pp.33-36
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    • 2017
  • Two new Hydropsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) species from the Philippines are described. Hydropsyche philippinensis, n. sp., differs from other congeners in the structure of the phallic apparatus. Diplectrona lagunensis, n. sp., can be distinguished from other congeners by its distinct white band pattern in the forewings and by the structure of the phallus. Both new species were collected from a high mountain stream in the northern part of the Philippines. Paratype materials were barcoded to make the sequences readily available in the GenBank.

Reductive Dechlorination of Low Concentration Polychlorinated Biphenyls as Affected by a Rhamnolipid Biosurfactant

  • Kim, Jong-Seol;Frohnhoefer, Robert C.;Cho, Young-Cheol;Cho, Du-Wan;Rhee, G-Yull
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제18권9호
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    • pp.1564-1571
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    • 2008
  • We investigated whether the threshold concentration for polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) dechlorination may be lower in biosurfactant-amended sediments compared with biosurfactant-free samples. At PCB concentrations of 40, 60, and 120 ppm, the surfactant amendment enhanced the PCB dechlorination rate at all concentrations and the rate was also faster at higher concentrations. On a congener group basis, dechlorination proceeded largely with group A (congeners with low threshold) in both surfactant-free and -amended sediments, accumulating mainly group C (residual products of dechlorination) congeners, and surfactant enhanced the dechlorination rate of group A congeners. Since the PCB threshold concentration for the inoculum in the experiment was lower than 40 ppm, we carried out another experiment using sediments with lower PCB concentrations, 10, 20, and 30 ppm. Sediments with 100 ppm were also performed to measure dechlorination at a PCB saturation concentration. Comparison between the plateaus exhibited that the extent of dechlorination below 40 ppm PCBs was much lower than that at a saturation concentration of 100 ppm. There was no significant difference in the extent of dechlorination between surfactant-free and -amended sediments. Moreover, surfactant did not change the congener specificity or broaden the congener spectrum for dechlorination at PCB concentrations below 40 ppm. Taken together, it seems that at a given PCB concentration, dechlorination characteristics of dechlorinating populations may be determined by not only the congener specificity of the microorganisms but also the affinity of dechlorinating enzyme(s) to individual PCB congeners.