Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): Updated aspects of their determination, kinetics in the human body, and toxicity

F Barbosa Jr, BA Rocha, MCO Souza… - Journal of Toxicology …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are legacy pollutants of considerable public health
concern. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons arise from natural and anthropogenic sources …

Applicability of in vitro methods in evaluating the biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fish: Advances and challenges

ME Franco, R Lavado - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The biotransformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the biochemical
mechanisms involved in such process continue to be intensively studied in the fields of …

Newly identified AhR-active compounds in the sediments of an industrial area using effect-directed analysis

J Kim, S Hong, J Cha, J Lee, T Kim, S Lee… - Environmental …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Effect-directed analysis was used to identify previously unidentified aryl hydrocarbon
receptor (AhR) agonists in sediments collected from a highly industrialized area of Ulsan …

Endocrine disrupting potential of PAHs and their alkylated analogues associated with oil spills

S Lee, S Hong, X Liu, C Kim, D Jung, UH Yim… - … Science: Processes & …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and alkylated PAHs are known to be major toxic
contaminants in spills of petroleum hydrocarbons (oil). Spilled oil undergoes weathering and …

Assessment of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-mediated activities of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a human cell-based reporter gene assay

J Vondráček, K Pěnčíková, J Neča, M Ciganek… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR)-mediated activity is one of key events in
toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Although various classes of AhR …

A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-enriched environmental chemical mixture enhances AhR, antiapoptotic signaling and a proliferative phenotype in breast cancer …

LM Gearhart-Serna, JB Davis, MK Jolly… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Emerging evidence suggests the role of environmental chemicals, in particular endocrine-
disrupting chemicals (EDCs), in progression of breast cancer and treatment resistance …

Methylated PACs are more potent than their parent compounds: A study of aryl hydrocarbon receptor–mediated activity, degradability, and mixture interactions in the …

MM Lam, R Bülow, M Engwall… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Twenty‐six polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs; including native polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons [PAHs], hydroxylated PAHs, alkylated and oxygenated PAHs, and [alkylated] …

Aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity of polyhalogenated carbazoles and the molecular mechanism

D Ma, HQ Xie, W Zhang, Q Xue, X Liu, L Xu… - Science of the total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polyhalogenated carbazoles (PHCZs) are a class of contaminants identified with
persistence and bioaccumulation property from previous studies. However, the toxic effect …

Contamination characteristics and source apportionment of methylated PAHs in agricultural soils from Yangtze River Delta, China

W Chen, X Wu, H Zhang, J Sun, W Liu, L Zhu, X Li… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Alkylated PAHs (APAHs) have been shown to be more toxic and persistent than
their non-alkylated parent compounds. However, little is known about the extent of soil …

Effect-directed analysis: Current status and future challenges

S Hong, JP Giesy, JS Lee, JH Lee, JS Khim - Ocean Science Journal, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Effect-directed analysis (EDA) has become useful for identification of toxicant (s)
that occur in mixtures in the environment, especially those that are causative agents of …