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Effects of Diethyl Phthalate on Acetylcholinesterase Activity in Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) Following Short-term Exposure

  • Jee Jung-Hoon;Keum Yoo-Hwa;Kang Ju-Chan
    • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.171-173
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    • 2004
  • Activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is well known as a biomarker of exposure to organophosphate compounds in aquatic organisms. However, the effect of diethyl phthalate (DEP), a widely used plasticizer, on the chance of AChE activity is not yet known. Olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) were exposed to DEP 300 and 1,000 mg DEP/kg b.w. through three times of intraperitoneal injection and effects were assessed in AChE activity of brain, muscle, heart and eyes of the exposed fish. AChE activity in various tissues of flounder was inhibited after exposure to DEP as a concentration-dependent manner, especially in brain, muscle and heart. Among tissues examined, heart is supposed to be a major part of body which is seriously damaged by DEP exposure. It indicates that DEP induces toxic effects in various organs (brain, muscle and heart), and changes of AChE activities. Such changed activities of AChE might be a useful biomarker to assess the impacts induced by phthalate esters including DEP.

Simultaneous Determination of Phthalates(DMP, DEP, DBP, BBP, DEHP, DnOP) by Solid Phase Microextraction-GC/MS (Solid Phase Microextraction-GC/MS에 의한 플라스틱가소제(DMP, DEP, DBP, BBP, DEHP, DnOP)의 동시분석)

  • Lee, Jae-Hee;Bae, Jun-Hyun;Kang, Jun-Gill;Kim, Youn-Doo
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.17-27
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    • 2004
  • A procedure based on solid phase microextraction extraction(SPME)-GC/MS has been developed for the simultaneous analysis of plasticizers. The plasticizers investigated in this study are dimethyl phthalate(DMP), diethyl phthalate(DEP), dibutyl phthalate(DBP), benzylbutyl phthalate(BBP), diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), di-n-octyl phthalate(DnOP). The limit of detection(LOD) was 0.163~0.299 with relative standard deciation(RSD) of 5.85~15.80% for these compounds. At water reserviors of Han, Geum, Nakdong and Sumjin rivers, only DBPand DEHP were detected at trace level, 0.192~1.270 ng/ml for DBP and 0.077~1.102 ng/ml for DEHP depending on the river.

Dermal and Ocular Irritation Studies of Some Phthalates in Rabbits (Phthalate의 피부자극시험 및 안점막자극시험에 관한 연구)

  • 이종권;김주환;이은희;김용규;홍진태;박기숙;안광수;정수연;이선희
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.91-96
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    • 2001
  • Phthalates are widely used as plasticizers to impart softness and flexibility to normally rigid polyvinylchloride products. However, there are not much studies jar dermal and ocular irritation toxicity of phthalates. So we investigated the skin or eye irritation effect of some phthalates which was not reported. The primary skin irritation of diethyl phthalate (DEP), diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), diisononyl phthalate (DINP), dipropyl phthalate (DPP) and dipropyl phthalate (DPrP) was studied. The ocular irritation of dibutyl phthalate(DBP), DIDP, DINP, DPP and DPrP was also studied. DEP, DIDP, DINP, DPP, and DPrP were found to be non-irritating to the skin of the test animals. DBP, DIDP, DINP and DPP were found to be non-irritating to the eye of the rabbits. DPrP caused the slight irritations to the eye in 1 or 2 days after treatment but irritation of the animals was soon recovered.

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The Level of Total Phthalate Esters and Di-(2-ethylhexyl) Adipate in Disposable Sanitary Gloves (일회용 위생장갑에서 Phthalate류 및 Di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate 분석)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho;Kwon, Ki-Sung;Kwak, In-Shin;Choi, Jae-Chon;Jeon, Dae-Hoon;Jeong, Dong-Youn;Choi, Byung-Hee;Kim, Sung-Wook;Lee, Sun-Hee;Lee, Chul-Won
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.41-46
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    • 2000
  • The level of plasticizer such as diethyl phthalate (DEP), di-n-propyl phthalate (DprP), di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPP), butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP), di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) and di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA) was determined in disposable sanitary gloves. Samples of disposable sanitary gloves were taken at retail shops, and their overall extractions in carbon tetrachloride were measured, after establishment of soxhlet appratus in 6 hours. All of 8 samples of disposable sanitary gloves at retail shops were polyethylene (PE). All of the manufactures was voluntarily labelled their boxes of gloves in line Korea Food Code. The level of phthalate esters and DEHA in all of 8 samples were not exceed the detection limit. The detection limits of DEP, DprP, DBP, DPP, BBP, DEHP, DCHP and DEHA were 1.8, 1.9, 1.3, 1.1, 0.9, 0.7, 2.1 and 0.8 mg/L, respectively.

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Organic Compounds in the Nak Dong River and Its Toxicity (낙동강 수질중 유기물질과 독성)

  • 류병호;심종환;최진택;조현철;정종순
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.39-53
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    • 1994
  • This study aims to investigate organic compounds and its toxicity by Ames test and chromosomal aberration in the water of the Nak Dong River. Six sampling sites such as Goryung, Hagueun, Maelie, Duksan, Haedong and Myungiang were selected for these pur15oses. 200 l water samples were absorbed on XAD-2 resin columns (2.5X30cm), eluted with organic solvents mixture of acetone: cyclohexane and then dried under vacuum condition. The extracts from the XAD-2 resin was injected into GC/MS and 184 organic compounds were identified such as aldehydes, aromatic compounds, ketones, phenols, hydrocarbons, alcohols, carboxylic acids, alkanes and some unknowns. The US EPA priority pollutants such as naphthlene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and other pollutants, 1,2-diethyl benzene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene and cyclohexanol were detected in these samples. The concentration of chemical pollutants such as 1,2-diethyl benzene, nephthalene, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and cyclohexanol were ranged into 1.228 $\mu$g/l, 298 $\mu$g/l, 30.191 $\mu$g/l, 1.147 $\mu$g/l and 2.839 $\mu$g/l, respectively. The mutagenic activity of XAD-2 extracts were tested on Salmonella typhimurium TA 98, TA 100, TA 1535 and TA 1537 and then exhibited strong mutagenic activity against S. typhimurium TA 98 and TA 100 in the presence of S$_9$. Amon them, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phtalate and 1,2-diethyl benzene showed the most strongest mutagenic activity against S. typhimurium TA 98 and TA 100 in the presence of S$_9$. On the other hands, chromosomal aberration of XAD-2 extracts in the human blood cells were not occurred by the sampling water at Goryung, Hagueun, Maelie and Duksan, Chromosomal aberration were also not occurred by the each concentration of 0.05, 0.1 amd 0.3 mg/l of each 1,2-diethyl benzol, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, naphthalene, phenol, cyclohexanol and benzothiazol test solution.

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Preparation of PVDF Hollow Fiber Membrane via TIPS (Thermally Induced Phase Separation) and Stretching (열유도 상분리와 연신공정을 이용한 PVDF 중공사막의 제조)

  • Park, Minsoo;Kim, Jinho;Jang, Moonseog;Kim, Sung Soo
    • Membrane Journal
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.158-166
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    • 2014
  • In this research, microporous and bicontinuous poly vinylidene fluoride(PVDF) hollow fiber membranes were prepared via hybrid process of the thermally induced phase separation (TIPS) and stretching method. The mechanism of the membrane preparation is based on liquid-liquid phase separation. The final membranes have characteristic structures which have both bicontinuous and fibrillar morphology by applying the stretching method. They showed quite different structure when compared with the spherulitic or nodular structure from S/L TIPS and bicontinuous structure from L/L TIPS. At first, PVDF hollow fiber precursors were prepared via TIPS method using various kind of diluent mixtures. We used gamma-butyrolacton, dimethyl phthalate (DMP), diethyl phthalate (DEP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) as diluents. We could make hollow fiber membranes which had porous outer surface or dense outer surface by controling the parameters such as cooling conditions, PVDF concentration and the ratio of diluent mixtures. Finally, these hollow fiber were stretched at room temperature and diluents were extracted by ethanol. Effects of the stretching ratio on the membrane morphology were investigated using scanning electron microscope (SEM), and its effects on water flux, porosity, pore size, roughness and tensile strength were examined.

Biodegradation of Endocrine-disrupting Phenolic Compounds Using Laccase Followed by Activated Sludge Treatment

  • Nakamura, Yoshitoshi;Mtui, Godliving
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.294-298
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    • 2003
  • Endocrine-disrupting phenolic compounds in the water were degraded by laccase from Trametes sp. followed by activated sludge treatment. The effect of temperature on the degradation of phenolic compounds and the production of organic compounds were investigated using endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as bisphenol A, 2.4-dichlorophenol, and diethyl phthalate. Bisphenol A and 2.4-dichlorophenol disappeared completely after the laccase treatment, but no disappearance of diethyl phthalate was observed. The Michaelis-Menten type equation was proposed to represent the degradation rate of bisphenol A by the lacasse under various temperatures. After the laccase treatment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, the activated sludge treatment was attempted and it could convert about 85 and 75% of organic compounds produced from bisphenol A and 2.4-dichlorophenol into H$_2$O and CO$_2$, respectively.

Study on the Hazard Compounds from Wooden Kitchenwares and Sanitary Produce (목제 주방용품 및 위생용품에 잔류하는 유해물질에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kwang-Ho;Yoo, Seung-Seok;Yoon, Hae-Jung;Kim, Kil-Saeng
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.21-24
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    • 1999
  • The analysis of hazard compounds, including naphthalene, biphenyls (BP) and diethyl phthalate (DEP), was conducted from the wooden kitchenwares and sanitory produce. Fifty samples of that wooden products in the local market were purchased for the study. All the samples were extracted by benzene and n-heptane, followed by the analysis through GC-MSD. As a result, neither naphthalene nor diethyl phthalate were found, however, trace amount of biphenyls were detected on all the samples ranged from 0.1 to 3.1 ppm. Biphenyls also contained both in the imported and the domestic of White Birch wood, as 0.25 ppm and 0.34 ppm, respectively. The concentration of biphenyls reduced with the process of the original woods, and especially the detection range was relatively low compared with the permission one of apples (110 ppm). The results suggested that biphenyls were contaminated into the product not by the addition doting the process of manufacture, but as the component itself in raw wood materials. Also, the content of the residual biphenyls were not suspected to give the harmful effects.

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영산강 유역 방류수의 유기오염물질의 특성 규명

  • 이문희;한상국
    • Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.274-275
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    • 2004
  • 본 연구결과로 부터, Phenols, Alihatic compounds, Aromatic compounds, Phthalates, Pesticides와 같은 유기오염물질로 인한 영산강 유역 방류수의 오염을 알 수 있었고, 하수 성상별, 계절별로 검출된 물질을 보면 농공 폐수가 생활하수보다 다종의 유기오염물질들을 포함하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 특히 여름철에 다량의 농약 사용으로 인해 Pesticides가 다종 고농도로 검출되었으며, Phenols, Phthalates는 주변공장의 제조과정에서 발생된 유기물질들에 의한 오염으로 추측된다. 또한, 검출 화학물질 중에서 dieldrin, edosulfan, diethyl phthalates와 같은 환경호르몬성 물질이 포함되었다.

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Characterization of Diethyl Phthalate(DEP) Removal using Ozone, UV, and Ozone/UV Combined Processes (오존, UV, 오존/UV 혼합 공정을 이용한 Diethyl Phthalate(DEP)의 제거특성 연구)

  • Jung, Yeon-Jung;Oh, Byung-Soo;Kang, Joon-Wun
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.137-143
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    • 2006
  • Three candidate processes(ozone alone, UV alone and ozone/UV combined processes) were evaluated for the removal of diethyl phthalate(DEP). Of the candidates, the ozone/UV process showed the highest removal efficiency of DEP. To elucidate a major oxidant for DEP oxidation in the ozone/UV process, the effects of pH and hydroxyl radical($OH^{\circ}$) scavenger were investigated. As a result, it was found that $OH^{\circ}$ plays a important role for DEP elimination. Meanwhile, the direct reaction between ozone and DEP was negligible. Observing the pseudo first-order rate of DEP removal in ozone alone and ozone/UV processes, the different pattern was obtained from two processes. The ozone/UV process was well plotted following the pseudo first-order. but in the ozone alone process the rate was divided into fast and slow phases. DEP degradation characteristics in ozone alone and ozone/UV was also investigated by observing the HPLC spectrum. We detected unknown compounds that were guessed to DEP byproducts and observed the formation and disappearance of the unknown compounds according to reaction time. Observing of high removal of TOC in ozone/UV combined process, it was found that DEP and DEP byproducts are completely oxidized by ozone/UV combined process.