Aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites in fish: automated extraction and high-performance liquid chromatographic separation into conjugate and non-conjugate fractions

J Chromatogr. 1982 Feb 19;236(2):441-52. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)84894-3.

Abstract

An automated extractor-concentrator was used to extract metabolites of naphthalene, 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene, and benzo[a]pyrene from serum, bile and liver homogenate of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). The extracts were analyzed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection. Recoveries of naphthalene and 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene metabolites from all matrices were generally greater than 90%; however, the recoveries of benzo[a]pyrene metabolites from serum ranged from 37-99%. In addition, conjugated metabolites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were separated from non-conjugated metabolites and parent PAHs by using two diol columns with normal-phase HPLC. The extraction and separation techniques were also applied to isolate metabolites in samples from fish fed 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
  • Benzopyrenes / blood
  • Benzopyrenes / metabolism*
  • Bile / analysis
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Fishes
  • Liver / analysis
  • Naphthalenes / blood
  • Naphthalenes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Benzopyrenes
  • Naphthalenes
  • Benzo(a)pyrene
  • 2,6-dimethylnaphthalene