Aryl hydrocarbon bioaccessibility to small mammals from arctic plants using in vitro techniques

• Published in: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Main Authors: Armstrong, Sarah A., Van de Wiele, Tom, Germida, James J., Siciliano, Steven D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2007
• Subjects: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Environmental Chemistry; Arctic; Canada; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; Carex aquatilis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1897/06-226r1.1; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1897%2F06-226R1.1; https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1897/06-226R1.1

Abstract Through their diet, herbivores inhabiting contaminated sites may be chronically exposed to a variety of aryl hydrocarbons (e.g., dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons [PAHs]). However, little is known about how differences in morphology and physiology among plant species alter the en...