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Exhaustive steam distillation extraction of aromatic organics from rainbow trout and water
Author(s) -
Meyer Joseph S.,
Linder Greg
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
environmental toxicology and chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 171
eISSN - 1552-8618
pISSN - 0730-7268
DOI - 10.1002/etc.5620050205
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , steam distillation , chemistry , pyrene , environmental chemistry , distillation , boiling , extraction (chemistry) , vacuum distillation , chromatography , pollutant , effluent , fish <actinopterygii> , organic chemistry , environmental science , environmental engineering , fishery , biology
Exhaustive steam distillation extracted several intermediate molecular weight organic chemicals effectively from rainbow trout, but a high molecular weight organic, benzo[ a ]pyrene, was not extracted. Fish lipids that do not steam‐distill appear to retain extremely lipophilic organics in the boiling flask. Therefore, exhaustive steam distillation should be used cautiously in screening effluents for chemicals that are bioaccumulated.