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THE EFFECTS OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs) ON THE AhR AND ER ACTIVITY

  • Joung, Ki-Eun;Min, Kyung-Nan;Yoon, Hyun-Jung;Y.Y Sheen
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.130-130
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    • 2002
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent environmental contaminants that elicit a broad spectrum of toxic effects in mammals and other vertebrate species. Because of their lipophilicity, chemical stability and resistance to biodegradation, PCBs tend to accumulate in the human body via food chain and environmental matrices including human adipose tissues, blood and milk.(omitted)

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POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS INDUCE ARYL HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR-INDEPENDENT APOPTOSIS OF MOUSE SPLEEN CELL

  • Jeon, Young-Jin;Youk, Eun-Soo;Lee, Sang-Han;Jaehong Suh;Na, Yong-Joo;Kim, Hwan-Mook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Toxicology Conference
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    • 2002.05a
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    • pp.79-79
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    • 2002
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants, and many of their toxic effects, including their immunotoxicities, are mediated by the activation of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). We previously reported that Aroclor 1254, one of the most widely used PCB mixtures, increased DNA fragmentation in mouse spleen cells, suggesting that apoptosis was correlated with the immunotoxicity of PCB (Yoo et al., 1997).(omitted)

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The Concentration of Polychlorinated biphenyls and Bozenehexachlorides in Plants (식물 중 PCBs와 BHCs의 농도)

  • 최민규;김희강;천만영;김태욱;여현구;선우영
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.94-95
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    • 2000
  • PCBs(polychlorinated biphenyls)와 BHCs(benzene hexachlorides)와 같은 SOCs(semivolatile organic compounds)는 모든 대륙에서 검출되어지고 있으며, 심지어 장거리 수송에 의해 청정지역인 북극에서도 검출되고 있다. 이들 성분들은 친지질성(lipophilic)으로 대부분이 가스상으로 존재하여 식물의 표면에 존재하는 지질(lipid)에 건성침착(dry deposition) 또는 습성 침착(wet deposition)된다. 이렇게 침착된 성분들의 농도는 대기중 농도와 밀접한 관계가 있다고 보고되고 있다(천만영,1998; Simonich and Mites, 1995). (중략)

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Temperature Dependence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Urban Atmosphere (도시 대기 중 Polychlorinated Biphenyls의 온도 의존성)

  • 여현구;최민규;이재연;천만영;김태욱;선우영
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2001.11a
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    • pp.159-160
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    • 2001
  • 반휘발성 유기화합물(Semivolatile organic compounds ; 이하 SOCs)은 높은 증기압과 낮은 반응성 때문에 지구 전역에 폭넓게 존재하고 있다. SOCs중 Polychlorinatd Biphenyls(이하 PCBs)는 난분해성 및 친지질성에 특성으로 환경중에서 순환하기 때문에 최근들어 많은 관심의 대상이 되고 있다. 이들 대부분은 태초의 환경과 모든 matrix(예, 토양, 식물, 대기, 수계 등)에서 발견되어 지고 있다. (중략)

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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Bio-geochemistry of Oceans

  • Kannan, Narayanan
    • Journal of Marine Bioscience and Biotechnology
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.201-208
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    • 2007
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are anthropogenic contaminants found globally in water, ice, soil, air and sediment. Modern analytical techniques allow us to determine these chemicals in environmental matrices at parts per trillion levels or lower. Environmental forensic on PCBs opens up new avenues of investigation such as transport and fate of water masses in oceans, sedimentation, onset of primary production, migration of marine mammals, their population distribution and pharmacokinetics of drugs inside organisms. By virtue of persistence, bioaccumulation, bioconcentration and structure-activity relationship PCBs emerge as unconventional chemical tracers of new sort.

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Analysis of Organochlorine Pesticide, in the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCBs) I. Florisil Column Separation of the Pesticides-PCBs Mixture (Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCBs) 존재하에 유기염소계 살충제의 잔류분 분석 1. Florisil Column에 의한 농약과 PCBs의 분리)

  • Park C. K.;Lee C. Y.;Park R. D.
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.16 no.4 s.33
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    • pp.221-227
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    • 1977
  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) interfere with gas chromatographic analysis of multiple organochlorine pesticide residues. In the present work, existing Florisil column chromatographic method has been modified as to improve separation of organochlorine pesticides and their metabolites from PCBs. It was amply demonstrated that separation of $\alpha-BHC,\; \gamma-BHC$ Heptachlor epoxide Dieldrin, p.p-DDD, p.p'-DDT from PCBs such as Aroclor 1254 is complete and recovery of the pesticides is found quantitative. Aldrin and Heptachlor in the Aroclor eluant can be separately analyzed by comparison of the chromatographic pattern of standard Aroclor 1254 with that of Aroclor 1254 a dmixed with the two pesticides. The Florsil column technique can be utilized in the routine evaluation of the organochlorine pesticide residues by gas chromatography.

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Effects of Nutritional Sources on Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) by Pseudomonas sp. P2 (Pseudomonas sp. P2에 의한 Polychlorinated Biphenyls(PCBs) 분해에 대한 영양원의 영향)

  • 최상기;금정호
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.5 no.5
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    • pp.611-617
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    • 1996
  • The effects of nutritional sources on growth of Pseudomonas sp. P2 were investigated in medium containing biphentyl as a carbon source. To determine characterization of Pseudomonas sp. P2, the incubation time was determined to 100 h of the log phase in the growth curve. The optimal compositions for the growth of Pseudomonas sp. P2 degrading polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were 1000 mg/L $NH_4NO_3$, 1000mg/L KH_2PO_4$, 100mg/L MgSO_4$.$7H_2O$, 30mg/L $CaCl_2$.$2H_2O$, 200mg/L NaCl, and 10mg/L $FeSO_4$.$7H_2O$. Pseudomonas sp. P2 showed the degradability of 59.3%, 57.6%, 51.4%, and 48.7% at 500mg/L, 1000mg/L, 1500mg/L, and 2000mg/L of the PCBs within insulating oil after 100 h incubation under the optimum conditions, respectively.

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Isolation and Characterization of Pseudomonas sp. P2 Degrading Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

  • Kim, Jung Ho;Sang Ki Choi;Moon Ki Park;Young Ho Kim;Seung Kyo Suh;Cheol Joo Woo;Heui Dong park
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.167-172
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    • 1996
  • The bacterial strain P2 degrading polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) was isolated from the soil around the Shinchun stream in Taegu after enrichment culture in a media containing biphenyl as the sole carbon source. The isolate was identified as a strain of Pseudomonas sp. based on its morphological and physiological characteristics. The optimal conditions of initial pH of media and temperature for growth were 7.0 and $30^{\circ}C$, respectively. Degradation of biphenyl and PCBs was confirmed by GC during the culture of Pseudomonas sp. P2 in a media containing them at a concentration of 500 mg/I. It was observed that Pseudomonas sp. P2 could degrade 97.0$%$ of biphenyl and 60.0$%$ of PCBs after 160 h culture.

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Effects of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) on the Reproduction of the Oily Bitterling, Acheilognathus koreensis(Teleostei: Cyprinidae) (칼납자루, Acheilognathus koreensis의 생식에 미치는 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)의 영향)

  • 정선영;진영국;이정식
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.159-166
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    • 2004
  • The effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on the reproduction of the oily bitterling, Acheilognathus koreensis were investigated using histological methods. The experimental fishes were exposed to 0. 3.4, 9.3 and 25.8 ${\mu}g\; L^{-1}$ PCBs fey 8 weeks. Dead fishes and abnormal behavior were not observed in control and PCBs exposure group. In compared with control group, PCBs exposure fishes showed differences of gonadal development, gonadosomatic index (GSI), hepatosomatic index (BSI), nuptial color index (NCI) and ovipositor length index (OLI). These results showed that PCBs could disrupt reproductive process in the fish.