PCB congeners in human milk in Germany from 1984/85 and 1990/91

Georgii, S.; Bachour, G.; Elmadfa, Ibrahim; Brunn, Hubertus

doi:10.1007/bf00192597

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“…This PCB has seven chlorine atoms in its molecule; it is known that the solubility on fats increases with chlorine content of the PCB. Allied to this fact, the position of the substituents makes results on steric impediment, slowing the biotransformation of this PCB compared to its correlates [29]. Therefore, the presence of higher concentrations of PCB 180 on mature milk would be expectable.…”

Section: Type Of Milk (Colostrum â Transition â Mature)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Application of Kohonen neural network for evaluation of the contamination of Brazilian breast milk with polychlorinated biphenyls

Kowalski

Silva

Godoy

et al. 2013

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Due to the tendency of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) to accumulate in matrixes with high lipid content, the contamination of the breast milk with these compounds is a serious issue, mainly to the newborn. In this study, milk samples were collected from breastfeeding mothers belonging to 4 Brazilian regions (south, southeast, northeast and north). Twelve PCB were analyzed by HS-SPME-GC-ECD and the corresponding peak areas were correlated to the answers to a questionnaire of general habits, breastfeeding and characteristics of the living places. To realize this exploratory analyze, self-organizing maps generated applying Kohonen neural network were applied. It was possible to verify the occurrence of different PCB congeners in the breast milk relating to the region of the Brazil that the breastfeeding lives, the proximity to an industry, the proximity to a contaminated river or sea, the type of milk (colostrum, foremilk and hindmilk) and the number of past pregnancies.

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Section: Type Of Milk (Colostrum â Transition â Mature)mentioning

confidence: 99%