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. 2022 Apr 14;19(8):4781. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084781

Table 1.

Compounds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons selected by EFSA as markers for the occurrence of PAHs in food [26].

Name Abbreviation Structure IARC Carcinogenic Group * Classification
Benzo(a)pyrene BaP graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i001.jpg 1 PAH4 PAH8
Benz(a)anthracene BaA graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i002.jpg 2B
Benzo(b)fluoranthene BbF graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i003.jpg 2B
Chrysene Chr graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i004.jpg 2B
Benzo(k)fluoranthene BkF graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i005.jpg 2B
Benzo(ghi)perylene BghiP graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i006.jpg 3
Dibenzo(a,h)anthracene DB(ah)A graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i007.jpg 2A
Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene IP graphic file with name ijerph-19-04781-i008.jpg 2B

* IARC classification groups: 1—carcinogenic to humans; 2A—probably carcinogenic to humans; 2B—possibly carcinogenic to humans; 3—not classifiable as to its carcinogenicity to humans.