Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some Canadian commercial fish, shellfish, and meat products by liquid chromatography with confirmation by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in smoked Lates niloticus from selected markets, Gulu District, Uganda

“…However, according to Lawrence and Weber (1984), the ability of fish to metabolise PAHs may also explain why BaP is not often detected or found only at very low levels in fish from environments heavily contaminated with PAHs. On the other hand Mottier et al (2000), noted that a principal loss normally occurs due to partitioning of BaP into the alkaline methanolic saponification solvent.…”

The Gulf Oil Spill

“…Standardized methods are available that are reliable, reproducible, and sensitive enough to separate and quantify PAHs in air (Andersson et al 1983;Fox and Staley 1976;Golden and Sawicki 1978;Harvath 1983;Karlesky et al 1987;Majer et al 1970;Miguel and De Andrade 1989;Naikwadi et al 1987;NIOSH 1984;Oehme 1983;Tomkins et al 1982;Matsumoto and Kashimoto 1985), water (Beniot et al 1979;Desiderie et al 1984;EPA 1986;Furuta and Otsuki 1983;Thomas and.Delfino 1991;Thruston 1978;Xu and Fang 1988), soil and sediment Miller 1987a, 1987b;John and Nickless 1977;Saber et al 1991;Szepesy et al 1981;Tanaka and Saito 1988), and other media, such as food (Hecht et al 1979;Joe et al 1984;Jones et al 1988;Krahn and Malins 1982;Krahn et al 1988;Lawrence and Das 1986;Lawrence and Weber 1984;Poole et al 1987;Toussaint and Walker 1979;Tuominen et al 1988;Van Heddeghem et al 1980;Vassilaros et al 1982;Vreuls et al 1991), cigarette smoke (Risner 1988;), coal tar (Alben 1980…”

“…An alternative method for the elucidation of PAH isomers is GC coupled with a charge-exchange and chemical ionization MS (Simonsick and Hites 1985). Simonsick and Hites (1985) (Fox and Staley 1976;Furuta and Otsuki 1983;Futoma et al 1981;Golden and Sawicki 1978;Lawrence and Weber 1984;Marcomini et al 1987;Miguel and De Andrade 1989;Nielsen 1979;Risner 1988;Ton&ins et al 1982 (Miguel and De Andrade 1989).…”

Experimental design optimization of chromatographic separation for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vegetable oils

“…Furthermore, complex extraction and clean-up procedures are required to isolate the PAHs from the oil or food components [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection is an appropriate technique to determine the amount of PAHs as it enables good resolution of the compounds and trace evaluation.…”