DETERMINATION AND COMPARISON OF THE ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUE LEVELS AMONG BENNI FISH OF SHADEGAN, MAHSHAHR AND SUSANGERD CITIES, KHOZESTAN PROVINCE IN IRAN

authors:

avatar A Arzi 1 , avatar AA Hemmati 1 , avatar Z Nazari Khorasgani 2 , * , avatar 3

Physiology Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences-Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, ZNazarikh@yahoo.com, Iran
Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products: Vol.6, issue 1; 24-31
article type: Research Article
received: January 1, 2011
accepted: June 1, 2011

how to cite: Arzi A, Hemmati A, Nazari Khorasgani Z, . DETERMINATION AND COMPARISON OF THE ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE RESIDUE LEVELS AMONG BENNI FISH OF SHADEGAN, MAHSHAHR AND SUSANGERD CITIES, KHOZESTAN PROVINCE IN IRAN. Jundishapur J Nat Pharm Prod. 2011;6(1): 24-31. 

Abstract

Concentrations of hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (β,γ,δ HCH), dichlorodiphenyl trichloro ethane  (pp¢, op¢DDT) and its metabolites ( pp¢DDE, pp¢DDD), aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor , heptachlor epoxide, endosulfan isomers (α, β) and metoxychlor were determined in Benni fish collected from Shadegan, Mahshahr and susangerd cities at Khozestan province in Iran. All the collected fish were contaminated by 14 investigated organochlorine pesticides. The highest and lowest mean concentrations of organochlorine pesticides belonged to β- HCH (65.36 μg/kg) and op¢ DDT (0.13 μg/kg) and were found in Mahshahr and Shadegan Benni fish respectively.

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