Toxicology letters

Peroxidase-catalyzed in vitro formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans from chlorophenols

J Wittsiepe, Y Kullmann, P Schrey, F Selenka…

Index: Wittsiepe, Juergen; Kullmann, Yvonne; Schrey, Petra; Selenka, Fidelis; Wilhelm, Michael Toxicology Letters, 1999 , vol. 106, # 2-3 p. 191 - 200

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Abstract

Chlorophenols (CP) are transformed in vitro to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) by a peroxidase-catalyzed oxidation. This is shown for 2, 4, 5-tri-, 2, 3, 4, 6-tetra-and pentachlorophenol with plant horseradish peroxidase and with myeloperoxidase recovered from human leukocytes, each in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. The yield, the reaction and the PCDD/F-pattern found are dependent on the CP. ...