Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Anthropogenic Compounds,
Volume Designation
3 / 3I
ISSN of Series
1867-979X ;
CONTENTS NOTE
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Environmental Chemistry of PAHs -- Concentration and Extraction of PAHs from Environmental Samples -- Chromatographic Methods of Analysis for the Determination of PAHs in Environmental Samples -- Sources of PAHs in the Environment -- Biomarker PAHs in the Environment -- PAHs: Products of Chemical and Biochemical Transformation of Alicyclic Precursors -- Azaarenes and Thiaarenes -- Partitioning and Physical Chemical Properties of PAHs -- Atmospheric Reactions of PAHs Including Formation of Nitroarenes.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The volumes 3/I (Chemistry) and 3/J (Biology) present diverse aspects of the environmental chemistry and ecology of PAHs and related compounds. Emphasis has been placed on a wide range of aspects not generally covered in other presentations. They cover not only basic aspects of the chemistry, analysis, sources, physico-chemical determinants of environmental distribution, and dissemination of PAHs, but also important areas such as heteroarenes, and PAHs produced from naturally occurring alicyclic precursors. Atmospheric degradation and transformation of PAHs are discussed as well as microbial metabolism of both PAHs and heteroarenes. Conventional and important new aspects of mammalian metabolism and the induction of cancer are presented, and the procedures used for demonstrating the structure of adducts involving PAH metabolites are discussed in detail.