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. 2016 Nov 3;17(11):1833. doi: 10.3390/ijms17111833

Table 1.

Results of chemical analysis.

PAHs
Compound (ng/mg DEP) B0 B30 B100 NEXBTL100
Fluoranthene 41.9 110 117 39.4
Pyrene 67.7 152 144 43.1
Benz[a]anthracene * 6.6 9.8 26.1 5.0
Chrysene * 5.1 6.0 12.5 1.0
Benzo[b]fluoranthene * 1.2 1.4 7.0 0.3
Benzo[k]fluoranthene * n.d. n.d. 2.6 n.d.
Benzo[a]pyrene * 0.6 0.9 1.7 1.2
Benzo[g,h,i]perylene 2.2 2.8 3.8 2.0
Dibenz[a,h]anthracene * n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene * 0.7 0.8 1.8 n.d.
4H-Cyclopenta[d,e,f]phenathrene 2.8 3.8 4.3 9.4
Benzo[c]phenanthrene 1.9 3.8 4.0 1.3
Benzo[j]fluoranthene 2.4 2.8 6.4 2.0
Benzo[e]pyrene 0.7 0.6 3.6 0.3
Triphenylene 9.0 3.6 4.0 1.1
Benzo[c]chrysene n.d. n.d. 0.2 n.d.
Coronene 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
Methylated PAHs
Compound (ng/mg DEP) B0 B30 B100 NEXBTL100
1-Methylpyrene 5.1 7.2 3.9 1.4
2-Methylpyrene 8.5 11.0 8.0 2.9
4-Methylpyrene 10.0 13.4 12 3.7
1-Methylchrysene 0.3 0.3 1.2 n.d.
7-Methylbenz[a]anthracene 0.3 n.d. n.d. 0.2
Oxygenated PAHs
Compound (ng/mg DEP) B0 B30 B100 NEXBTL100
1,8-Naphthalic Anhydride 25.4 29.5 29.7 19.8
Phenanthrene-9,10-dione 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.5
9H-Fluoren-9-one 4.3 2.8 1.7 4.7
Anthrone n.d. n.d. n.d. n.d.
Anthracene-9,10-dione 2.7 4.5 4.0 2.6
7H-Benz[d,e]anthracene-7-one 1.4 1.5 2.4 0.28
9-Hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene 0.06 0.07 0.09 0.07
Benz[a]anthracene-7,12-dione 0.02 0.04 0.15 0.01
3-Hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene 0.05 0.05 0.10 0.02
Nitrated PAHs
Compound (pg/mg DEP) B0 B30 B100 NEXBTL100
1-Nitropyrene 314 539 1504 126
2-Nitropyrene 25.0 12.0 23.0 n.d.
4-Nitropyrene 18.0 16.0 44.0 10.0
3-Nitrofluoranthene 7.0 16.0 41.0 2.0
Dinitrated PAHs
Compound (pg/mg DEP) B0 B30 B100 NEXBTL100
1,3-Dinitropyrene 1.6 2.4 17.7 0.4
1,6-Dinitropyrene 1.2 5.6 65.0 n.d.
1,8-Dinitropyrene 0.9 4.6 48.0 n.d.

* Human carcinogens (IARC). PAHs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; DEP, diesel exhaust particles; n.d., not detectable.