Estrogenic Evaluation and Organochlorine Identification in Blubber of North Sea Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Stranded on the North Sea Coast
Table 4
Concentrations (ng/mL) of 13 organochlorine compounds in the extracts of 12 samples of North Sea harbour porpoise blubber, in culture medium solution to which the ER sensitive cells were exposed in the cell based assay (calculated from GC-MS data from Table 3; according to that 1 mL of culture medium contains the contaminants extracted from 0.04 g of fat). For the samples displaying an estrogenic activity, the percentage of relative response compared to the maximal response induced by E2 is indicated between brackets.
03/1521
01/1196
03/1238
A00/1140
A00/258
A03/1517
01/847
01/805
01/1219
A00/600
01/887
A00/974
PCB 138
4.0 × 101
5.2 × 101
3.3 × 102
1.5 × 101
1.5 × 102
1.3 × 103
1.1 × 102
1.5 × 102
3.1 × 102
1.4 × 102
9.1 × 101
2.4 × 101
PCB 153
5.4 × 101
6.7 × 101
4.9 × 102
2.5 × 102
2.2 × 102
1.7 × 103
1.6 × 102
2.2 × 102
4.5 × 102
2.1 × 102
1.3 × 102
2.4 × 101
PCB 180
1.3 × 101
1.3 × 101
1.0 × 102
7.3 × 101
4.7 × 101
3.0 × 102
3.2 × 101
4.9 × 101
7.5 × 101
3.7 × 101
3.1 × 101
4.5 × 100
Σ (3) PCBs
1.1 × 102
1.3 × 102
9.2 × 102
4.8 × 102
4.2 × 102
3.2 × 103
3.0 × 102
4.2 × 102
8.4 × 102
3.9 × 102
2.5 × 102
5.2 × 101
o,-DDT
1.9 × 100
4.2 × 100
1.4 × 101
3.9 × 100
3.0 × 100
8.5 × 100
2.4 × 100
3.3 × 100
3.4 × 101
2.2 × 100
6.7 × 100
2.8 × 100
o,-DDD
n/a
2.9 × 100
7.2 × 100
3.1 × 100
2.7 × 100
1.7 × 101
n/a
3.4 × 100
2.1 × 101
n/a
2.8 × 100
1.6 × 100
p,-DDT
7.2 × 100
1.3 × 101
3.2 × 101
2.2 × 101
1.9 × 101
2.8 × 101
7.5 × 100
1.5 × 101
5.6 × 101
8.0 × 100
2.3 × 101
4.3 × 100
p,-DDD
1.4 × 101
2.1 × 101
3.5 × 101
3.7 × 101
3.4 × 101
5.0 × 101
9.5 × 100
2.9 × 101
1.0 × 102
1.6 × 101
2.4 × 101
5.6 × 100
p,-DDE
4.2 × 101
5.0 × 101
1.2 × 102
1.1 × 102
1.2 × 102
1.6 × 102
3.6 × 101
9.6 × 101
3.4 × 102
5.6 × 101
9.3 × 101
2.0 × 101
(5) DDTs
6.4 × 101
9.1 × 101
2.1 × 102
1.7 × 102
1.8 × 102
2.7 × 102
5.6 × 101
1.5 × 102
5.6 × 102
8.2 × 101
1.5 × 102
3.5 × 101
-HCH
n/a
n/a
3.9 × 100
n/a
3.5 × 100
3.2 × 100
n/a
3.3 × 100
5.0 × 100
1.7 × 100
3.0 × 100
1.9 × 100
-HCH
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
-HCH
3.9 × 100
5.8 × 100
5.3 × 100
5.1 × 100
9.4 × 100
7.8 × 100
3.2 × 100
6.9 × 100
1.9 × 101
7.0 × 100
6.1 × 100
4.6 × 100
-HCH
2.8 × 100
n/a
2.7 × 100
2.6 × 100
n/a
n/a
n/a
3.2 × 100
3.9 × 100
2.8 × 100
4.2 × 100
3.0 × 100
HCB
5.7 × 100
8.4 × 100
2.1 × 101
8.9 × 100
1.2 × 101
2.0 × 101
5.4 × 100
1.3 × 101
6.1 × 101
3.9 × 100
2.4 × 101
3.0 × 100
(5) HCHs + HCB
1.2 × 101
1.4 × 101
3.3 × 101
1.7 × 101
2.5 × 101
3.1 × 101
8.6 × 100
2.7 × 101
8.9 × 101
1.5 × 101
3.7 × 101
1.3 × 101
(13) total
1.9 × 102
2.4 × 102
1.2 × 103
6.7 × 102
6.2 × 102
3.5 × 103
3.7 × 102
5.9 × 102
1.5 × 103
4.8 × 102
4.4 × 102
9.9 × 101
Activity recorded in the ER reporter gene assay (% of relative response)
