Table 8.12 Enantiomeric ratios of additional cyclodiene pesticides, in particular, chiral chlordane
components observed in technical chlordane mixtures and bromocyclen (BC), determined in tissue
extracts of marine and limnic biota; F ¼ female (age); M ¼ male (age)
Biota/
tissue
Enantiomeric ratios
References
MC4 MC5 MC6 MC7 K U81 U82 BC
Baltic
herring
0.7
0.81 –
0.83 – –
–
–
Buser and Müller (1992),
Buser et al. (1992)
Baltic
salmon
0.7
0.75 –
0.92 – –
–
–
Buser and Müller (1992),
Buser et al. (1992)
Baltic seal 2.7
0.24 –
0.86 – –
–
–
Buser and Müller (1992),
Buser et al. (1992)
Antarctic
penguin
2.2
0.91 –
1.35 – –
–
–
Buser and Müller (1992),
Buser et al. (1992)
Cod liver
oil NIST
–
0.87 –
–
– –
not
res.
–
Müller et al. (1997)
Cod:
muscle F6
–
–
0.29 –
– 0.85 0.73 –
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
Gonad
–
–
0.23 –
– 1.0
0.76 –
Liver
–
–
0.11 –
– 0.93 0.76 –
Cod:
muscle
F12
–
–
0.32 –
– 0.77 0.80 –
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
Gonad
–
–
0.32 –
– 0.76 0.75 –
Liver
–
–
0.26 –
– 0.88 0.76 –
Cod:
muscle
F11
–
–
0.54 –
– 0.83 0.82 –
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
Gonad
–
–
0.35 –
– 0.85 0.74 –
Liver
–
–
0.24 –
– 0.78 0.76 –
Cod:
muscle
M9
–
–
1.6
–
– 0.93 0.97 –
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
Gonad
–
–
1.0
–
– 0.92 0.76 –
Cod:
muscle
M6
–
–
1.8
–
– –
0.92 –
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
Gonad
–
–
1.1
–
– 1.1
0.89 –
Liver
–
–
1.0
–
– 0.86 0.89 –
Herring
F3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.1
–
Karlsson et al. (1997a, b)
M3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.2
–
M3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.2
–
M3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.1
–
M3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.2
–
F3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.0
–
F3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.0
–
F3
–
–
–
–
– –
1.1
–
(continued)
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