J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2015 Nov 10;50(13):1369-75. doi: 10.1080/10934529.2015.1064282. Epub 2015 Aug 11.
Brudzińska-Kosior A1, Kosior G1, Klánová J2, Vaňková L2, Kukučka P2, Chropeňová M2, Samecka-Cymerman A1, Kolon K1, Mróz L1, Kempers AJ3.
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- 1a Department of Ecology , Biogeochemistry and Environmental Protection University of Wrocław , Wrocław , Poland.
- 2b Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment , Faculty of Science , Masaryk University , Brno , Czech Republic.
- 3c Department of Environmental Science , Radboud University of Nijmegen , Nijmegen , The Netherlands.
Abstract
Polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are persistent xenobiotics with harmful effects
on humans and wildlife. Their levels in the environment and
accumulation in biota must be carefully controlled especially in species
harvested from wild populations and commonly used as medicines. Our
objective has been to determine PBDE concentrations (BDEs 28, 47, 66,
85, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183 and 209) in Centaurium erythraea collected at
sites with various levels of environmental pollution. PBDE congener
profiles in C. erythraea were dominated by BDE209, which accounted for
47-89% of the total PBDE burden in the plants. Principal Component and
Classification Analysis, which classifies the concentration of PBDEs in
C. erythraea, allowed us to distinguish the pattern of these compounds
characteristic for the origin of pollution: BDEs 28, 47, 66, 85, 99, 100
for lignite and general chemical industry and the vicinity of an
expressway and BDEs 183 and 209 for a thermal power plant and
ferrochrome smelting industry. Careful selection of sites with C.
erythraea for medicinal purposes is necessary as this herb can accumulate PBDEs while growing at polluted sites.
