Discovery and widespread occurrence of polyhalogenated 1,1'-dimethyl-2,2'bipyrroles (PDBP's) in marine biota

• Published in: Environmental Pollution
• Main Authors: Hauler, Carolin, Martin, Rene, Knolker, Hans-Joachim, Gaus, Caroline, Mueller, Jochen F., Vetter, Walter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon 2013
• Subjects: Dolphins; Halogenated bipyrroles; Halogenated natural products; Marine mammals; Polyhalogenated compounds; 2307 Health; Toxicology and Mutagenesis; 2310 Pollution; 3005 Toxicology; Queensland; Venus; Delphinapterus leucas; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; White whale
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:296946

Polyhalogenated 1,1'-dimethy1-2,2'-bipyrroles (PDBPs) are halogenated natural products (HNPs) previously shown to bioaccumulate in marine mammals and birds. Since their discovery in 1999, six hexahalogenated and a few lesser halogenated congeners have been identified in diverse marine mamm...