Chasing phthalates in tissues of marine turtles from the Mediterranean sea

MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

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Savoca, Dario¹  Arculeo, Marco¹  Barreca, Salvatore²  Buscemi, Silvestre¹  Caracappa, Santo³  Gentile, Antonino³  Persichetti, Maria Flaminia³  Pace, Andrea¹ 

[1] Univ Palermo, Diportimento Sci & Tecnol Biol Chim & Farmaceut S, I-90100 Palermo, Italy

[2] Ist EuroMediterraneo Sci & Tecnol IEMEST, Via Michele Miraglia 20, I-90139 Palermo, Italy

[3] Ist Zooprofilatt Sperimentale Sicilia, Via Marinuzzi 6, Palermo, Italy

关键词: Caretta caretta;    Dermochelys coriacea;    Microplastics;    Phthalates;    Mediterranean Sea;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.069

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Tissues from thirteen specimens of marine turtles, one Dermochelys coriacea and twelve Caretta caretta, found dead along the Sicilian coasts in 2016 were analyzed for the presence of phthalates. Four phthalates (DEP, DBP, BBP, and DEHP) were found at different significant concentrations in liver and gonads, while only DBP was found in muscle tissues and at a fourfold lower concentration than other phthalates in Dermochelys coriacea. No traces of DEP were detected in C. caretta tissues where DOTP was also revealed. The presence of phthalates in fat tissue 1n specimens of C. caretta showed a major prevalence of the most lipophilic phthalates DEHP and DOTP. The total concentration of all analyzed phthalates, showed high values in all tissues. Results suggested that for monitoring purpOses from live specimens sample collection should be addressed to fat tissue with accurate manipulations.

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