Metabolism of 4-chlorobiphenyl by lichens. Academic Article

abstract

• Eighteen lichens from a variety of habitats were treated with 4-chlorobiphenyl (4-CB). All, as determined by means of radioactive tracers, were shown to partially convert 4-CB to 4-chloro-4'-hydroxybiphenyl. Only one species (Pseudocyphellaria crocata) produced a further major metabolite not previously reported, namely 4-chloro-4'-methoxybiphenyl. The formation of the hydroxyderivative by Cladonia rangiferina and Lasallia papulosa was proven by isolation and chemical identification. Difficulties in the recovery of both the starting material and the metabolites from Pseudocyphellaria were encountered.

authors

• Safe, Stephen

published proceedings

• Arch Environ Contam Toxicol

author list (cited authors)

• Maass, W. S., & Hutzinger, O.

citation count

• 7

complete list of authors

• Maass, WS||Hutzinger, O

publication date

• December 1975

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

published in

• Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology  Journal

keywords

• Hydroxylation
• Kinetics
• Lichens
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/BF02220817

start page

• 470

end page

• 478

volume

• 3

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02220817