Table 2. Concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, ng µL−1) in the crude oil used in the experiments (Louisiana light sweet crude oil).
| Type of PAH | Conc. (ng µL−1) |
| Naphthalene | 844.6 |
| Acenaphthylene | 85.4 |
| Acenaphthene | 14.0 |
| Fluorene | 282.3 |
| Phenanthrene | 608.3 |
| Anthracene | 8.0 |
| Fluoranthene | 15.3 |
| Pyrene | 30.8 |
| Benz[a]anthracene | 14.0 |
| Chrysene | 193.9 |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | 19.6 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 1.60 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | 9.70 |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | 4.37 |
| Dibenz[a,h]anthracene | 8.81 |
| Benzo[ghi]perylene | 10.95 |