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Published in final edited form as: J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2018 Dec 30;37(1):26–41. doi: 10.1080/10590501.2019.1555323

Table 1.

PAHs measured in dry mass.

Author (year) Analytical method Mate source Number of PAHs Total PAH (range, ng/g) PAH4 (ng/g) B[a]P (range, ng/g) B[a]A (range, ng/g) B[b]F (range, ng/g) Chrysene (range, ng/g)
Tfouni (2018)17 QuEChERS; 3 CS 4 946 (194–1795) 946 208 (39–423) 231 (41–434) 177 (30–383) 329 (84–555)
HPLC-FLD
Rolle (2016)14 GC-MS 1 CS 8 4065 2073 603 507 519 444
Schulz (2014)16 GC-MS 3 CS 16 1967 (1600–2500) 1036 273 (200–380) 250 (200–310) 193 (110–250) 320 (260–420)
Londo~no (2014)13 HPLC-FLD/DAD 50 CS 16 1664 (225–4450) 145 26.9 (1.3–125.2) 28.7 (2.2–108.8) 21.9 (1.7–85.3) 67.6 (3.1–210.5)
Golozar (2012)9 GC-MS 8 CS (2008) 20 1500 (625–3710) 227 32.8 (11.9–99.3) 63.5 (46.3–206) 53.7 (27.9–190) 77.0 (30.5–271)
3 CS (2010) 1394 (808–1993) 243 16.4 (12.3–21) 102 (84.8–122) 71.3 (45.4–113) 53.1 (11.3–112)
1 CS 621 173 5.1 111 23.6 33.1
(not smoked)
Vieira (2010)11 HPLC-UV; PAHC18 column 18 CS 16 506 (443–593) 2.5 NP 1.6 (1.23–1.91) NP 0.9 (0.65–1.13)
6 fresh 5758 (5336–6095) 138 NP 32.5 (19.6–40.3) 36.4 (15.1–60.5) 69.3 (7.4–95.3)
6 partially dried 375 34.1 (18.9–54.7) 131.7 (89.2–162) 88.9 (81.2–93.1) 120.3 (105–145)
6 dried 8307 (7614–9001)
Ziegenhals (2008)18 Fast-GC-HRMS; 8 CS 16 1101 (326–2662) 635 106.5 (75.8–236.5) 147.1 (83.6–374.6) 105.2 (63.5–258.1) 276.2 (125.7–746.3)
GC-HRMS
Kamangar (2008)10 GC-MS 8 CS 21 1983 (536–2906) 282 37.1 (8.03–53.3) 72.8 (24.5–99.9) 51 (21.4–76.3) 121.4 (42.3–169)
Schlemitz (1997)19 SFE; GC-MS 2 CS 16 7006 (6476–7536) 2230 496 (225–542) 154 (1.7–307) 1065 (387–1742) 515 (451–579)
Ruschenburg (1985)15 GC-MS 5 CS 1 N/A N/A 80a (24–461) N/A N/A N/A

B[a]P: Benzo[a]pyrene; B[a]A: Benzo[a]anthracene; B[b]F: Benzo[b]fluoranthene; CS: Commercial Sample; GC-MS: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; GC-HRMS: Gas Chromatography- High resolution mass spectrometer; HPLC-UV: High-performance liquid chromatography-UV; NP: Not Present; N/A: Not Available.

a

The range was shown in the paper, and the average was estimated.