Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Organochlorine Pesticides in Various Tissues of White-Backed Vulture in India

Table 2

PAH residues (ng/g wet wt) detected in various tissues of vultures in India.

		Brain (𝑛=15)			Liver (𝑛=15)			Muscle (𝑛=15)
PAHs		Lipid weight (%) 10			Lipid weight (%) 16			Lipid weight (%) 11
		Mean	Range	%	Mean	Range	%	Mean	Range	%
Naphthalene	Nap	53.2	ND–246	47	180	ND–881	53	29.0	ND–123	33
Acenaphthene	Acnp	46.4	ND–212	60	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	0
Fluorene	Flu	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	0	11.8	ND–39	27
Fluoranthene	Flur	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	0	32.8	ND–144	40
Pyrene	Pyr	7.4	ND–17	47	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	0
Benz(a)anthracene	Bza	ND	ND	0	ND	ND	0	6.0	4.0–11	33
Benzo(k)fluoranthene	Bzf	15.4	ND–57	33	179	ND–876	33	ND	ND	0
Benzo(a)pyrene	Bzp	156	ND–645	47	307	ND–688	60	11.0	3.0–46	47
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene	Dbza	32.4	ND–104	27	106	ND–490	40	29.6	3.0–89	27
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	Bzpe	10.6	ND–33	33	ND	ND	0	29.6	ND–219	53
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene	Idpy	21.6	ND–88	40	ND	ND	0	13.4	ND–47	33
Total PAHs	PAHt	363	60–941	100	812	60–2037	100	184	57–565	100

ND: not detected.