Capillary GC/MS Determination of Organic Sulfur Compounds Detected in Oyster and Mussel Caught in the Sea as an Oil Pollution Index

• Published in: Journal of Chromatographic Science
• Main Authors: Ogata, Masana, Fujisawa, Kuniyasu
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1983
• Subjects: Articles; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: http://chromsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/21/9/420; https://doi.org/10.1093/chromsci/21.9.420

The organic sulfur compounds usually contained in crude oil were used as a marker of oil pollution in shellfish. The oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and mussel (Mytitus edulis) were caught in the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. Capillary-column gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) of extracts showed the presence of organic sulfur compounds of dibenzothiophene and alkyl dibenzothiophenes (C 1 –C 3 ). The concentration factor of organic sulfur compounds in the oyster and mussel was determined by gas chromatography using a flame photometric detector.