PMID- 16624410
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20061204
LR  - 20060703
IS  - 0160-4120 (Print)
IS  - 0160-4120 (Linking)
VI  - 32
IP  - 6
DP  - 2006 Aug
TI  - Determination of endocrine disruptors in Kafue lechwe (Kobus leche kafuensis) 
      samples from the Lochinvar National Park of Zambia.
PG  - 718-23
AB  - Analysis of serum, whole blood and liver tissue samples from Kafue lechwe in the 
      Lochinvar National Park of Zambia for suspected endocrine disrupting compounds 
      revealed high concentrations for some of the compounds. 45 samples of serum, 
      whole blood and liver tissue were extracted by liquid-liquid extraction followed 
      by an analysis using Gas Chromatography-Electron Capture Detection (GC-ECD). The 
      following endocrine disruptors were analyzed: deltamethrin, aldrin, endosulfan, 
      dieldrin, pp-DDD, heptachlor, d-t-allethrin, pp-DDE, endrin and pp-DDT. For all 
      the samples, dieldrin showed the highest concentration ranging from 1.7 to 44.4 
      microg/ml in serum and whole blood sample extracts and 0.10-5.1 microg/g wet 
      weight in liver sample extracts. The most frequently detected was deltamethrin in 
      62% of the samples. Percent recoveries in spiked laboratory blanks ranged between 
      60% and 100% while calculated detection limits ranged from 0.004 to 0.21 
      microg/ml for all the endocrine disruptors evaluated. Where endocrine disruptors 
      were detected, the concentrations of most of them far exceeded the maximum 
      residue limits (MRLs) and the extraneous maximum residue limits (EMRLs) set by 
      the Codex Alimentarius of the United Nations (UN), Food and Agricultural 
      Organization (FAO).
FAU - Sichilongo, Kwenga
AU  - Sichilongo K
AD  - University of Zambia, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka 10101, 
      Zambia. ksichilo@natsci.unza.zm
FAU - Torto, Nelson
AU  - Torto N
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060419
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Environ Int
JT  - Environment international
JID - 7807270
RN  - 0 (Endocrine Disruptors)
RN  - 0 (Environmental Pollutants)
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Antelopes/*metabolism
MH  - Endocrine Disruptors/*analysis/blood
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Environmental Pollutants/analysis/blood
MH  - Female
MH  - Insecticides/*analysis/blood
MH  - Liver/chemistry
MH  - Male
MH  - Zambia
EDAT- 2006/04/21 09:00
MHDA- 2006/12/09 09:00
CRDT- 2006/04/21 09:00
PHST- 2005/09/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/03/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/03/08 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/04/21 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/12/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/04/21 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0160-4120(06)00038-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Environ Int. 2006 Aug;32(6):718-23. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.007. Epub 2006 
      Apr 19.