Survey on Karun river water contamination by alkylphenolic compounds as endocrine disrupting contaminants

Elham Ahmadpour; Ali Akbar Babaei; Nematollah Jaafarzadeh; Zahra Nazari; Mohsen Hosseinzadeh; Khatereh Sarmadi

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Survey on Karun river water contamination by alkylphenolic compounds as endocrine disrupting contaminants

Author(s):

Elham Ahmadpour¹,

Ali Akbar Babaei^{2, 3,*},

Nematollah Jaafarzadeh^{4, 5},

Zahra Nazari⁶,

Mohsen Hosseinzadeh⁷,

Khatereh Sarmadi⁸

1B.Sc. in Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

2Assistant Professor, Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

3Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran

4Associated Professor, Environmental Technologies Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

5Associated Professor, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

6M.Sc. in Toxicology, Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

7M.Sc. in GIS, Khuzestan water and power Authority (KWPA Co.), Ahvaz, Iran.

8M.Sc. Student of Environmental Health Engineering, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.

Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology:Vol. 5, issue 3; 91-99

Published online:Jun 30, 2014

Article type:Research Article

How to Cite:Elham AhmadpourAli Akbar BabaeiNematollah JaafarzadehZahra NazariMohsen HosseinzadehKhatereh Sarmadiet al.Survey on Karun river water contamination by alkylphenolic compounds as endocrine disrupting contaminants.Jentashapir J Cell Mol Biol.5(3):91-99.

Abstract

Alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APnEOs) and their metabolites disposal from sewage treatment plants (STP) are of particular concern due to their persistence, toxicity to aquatic organisms, and a potential endocrine disruptor. In this work, we focused on the determination of nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol polyethoxylate (NPnEOs) in water were collected from Karun River.

In this study, Sample collections for Karun River water were carried out on rainy and dry seasons from 10 hydrometric stations according to standard methods. The water samples were prepared using solid phase extraction procedure and analyzed by HPLCFLD..

According to this study, NP and NPnEOs concentrations in Karun river water ranged from 0.1181.369 ?g/L and 0.1300.365 ?g/L, respectively. This study showed that the NP concentration in water samples of Karun River was higher than the other alkyphenolic metabolites. The data showed significant difference between mean concentrations of these compounds in the upstream and downstream stations of Ahwaz megacity (pvalue <0.05).

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