Ambient measurement of nitrotriphenylenes and possibility of nitrotriphenylene formation by atmospheric reaction

S Ishii, Y Hisamatsu, K Inazu, M Kadoi…

Index: Ishii, Satoko; Hisamatsu, Yoshiharu; Inazu, Koji; Kadoi, Morio; Aika, Ken-Ichi Environmental Science and Technology, 2000 , vol. 34, # 10 p. 1893 - 1899

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Abstract

Environmental nitration of PAHs by nitrogen oxides on airborne particulates and identification and quantification of nitro-PAHs in them have been studied on fluoranthene and pyrene because of their large abundance. However, the direct mutagenic activity of these nitro-PAHs can account for only up to about 20% of the total direct mutagenic activity of airborne particulate samples, and the presence of unknown mutagenic nitro-PAHs was ...