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. 2019 Sep 25;9:13829. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50060-z

Table 4.

Composition of POPs mixture used25,63.

Products CAS no. Origina % in mixture Dose (µg/kg body weight)
Aroclor and congener neat mixb AccuStandard 32.4 500
Technical chlordane 57-74-9 AccuStandard 21.4 330.3
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p′-DDE) 72-55-9 Sigma-Aldrich 19.3 297.8
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (p,p′-DDT) 50-29-3 SigmaAldrich 6.8 104.9
Technical toxaphene 8001-35-2 AccuStandard 6.5 100.0
α-hexachlorocyclohexane (α-HCH) 319-84-6 Sigma-Aldrich 6.2 95.7
Aldrin 309-00-2 Sigma-Aldrich 2.5 38.6
Dieldrin 60-57-1 Sigma-Aldrich 2.1 32.4
1,2,4,5-tetrachlorobenzene 95-94-3 Sigma-Aldrich 0.9 13.9
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p, p′-DDD) 72-54-8 Sigma-Aldrich 0.5 7.7
β-hexachlorocyclohexane (β-HCH) 319-85-7 Sigma-Aldrich 0.4 6.2
Hexachlorobenzene 118-74-1 AccuStandard 0.4 6.2
Mirex 2385-85-5 Sigma-Aldrich 0.2 3.1
Lindane 58-89-9 Sigma-Aldrich 0.2 3.1
Pentachlorobenzene 608-93-5 Sigma-Aldrich 0.2 3.1

aAccuStandard Inc (New Haven, Connecticut); Sigma-Aldrich Inc (St Louis, Missouri).

bMix containing PCBs: Aroclor 1260 (58.9%); Aroclor 1254 (39.3%); 2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 28; 1%); 2,2′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 47; 0.8%); 3,3′,4,4′,5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126; 0.02%), and 3,3′,4,4′-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB 77; 0.004%).