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Arch Environ Contam Toxicol ; 71(3): 313-21, 2016 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27475645

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to determine the levels of different inorganic elements (lead [Pb], mercury [Hg], and arsenic [As]) and persistent chlorinated pollutants (including polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs] and organochlorine pesticides [OCPs]) in blood and plasma of White stork (Ciconia ciconia) nestlings from northwest (NW) Spain. The concentrations of PCBs were lower than the limit of detection in all samples. The OCPs γ-HCH, 4,4'-DDE, HCB, and endosulfan were detected most frequently in plasma from White stork nestlings. These OCPs were detected in 98, 54, 39, and 37 % of all samples, respectively. However, the concentrations of organic pollutants were lower than the risk thresholds for birds. The mean levels of the inorganic elements Pb, Hg, and As were found to be 36.92 ± 33.48, 16.48 ± 12.87, and 9.813 ± 13.84 µg/L, respectively. These levels were also lower than the risk thresholds for birds. This study not only provides a snapshot of the levels of both inorganic and organic contaminants in wild White storks in NW Spain, it also provides a useful baseline for biomonitoring levels of the measured contaminants in this area.


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Birds/blood , Environmental Monitoring , Environmental Pollutants/metabolism , Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated/blood , Metalloids/blood , Metals/blood , Animals , Spain
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Arch Environ Contam Toxicol ; 65(3): 567-74, 2013 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23619767

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The effect of orally administered atrazine (25 or 100 mg/kg on days 0, 5, and 10 of the experiment) was studied in European quail (Coturnix coturnix coturnix) on four non-destructive biomarkers: fecal porphyrins, blood glutathione-S-transferase, glutathione reductase, reduced glutathione, and malondialdehyde (MDA). Uroporphyrin I (UPI) and coproporphyrins I and III (CPIII) were the main porphyrins detected in feces. The lowest dose of ATZ caused a significant (P < 0.05) increase in UPI and CPIII at day 5, and the highest dose of ATZ caused an induction of CPI and a significant (P < 0.05) decrease in MDA levels at day 30.


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Atrazine/toxicity , Coturnix/metabolism , Environmental Exposure , Herbicides/toxicity , Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects , Oxidative Stress/drug effects , Animals , Biomarkers/metabolism , Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid , Feces/chemistry , Female , Fluorometry , Glutathione/blood , Glutathione Reductase/blood , Glutathione Transferase/blood , Malondialdehyde/blood , Porphyrins/metabolism , Spectrophotometry
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