polyaromatic hydrocarbons
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Polyaromatic
Hydrocarbons
By: Leonar Jun Gabiana
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What are polyaromatichydrocarbons or PAH?
• Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), alsoknown as polycylic aromatichydrocarbons or polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, are potent atmosphericpollutants that consist of fusedaromatic rings and do notcontain heteroatoms or carry substituents.
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How are they produced?
• Most of them are formed by a process of thermaldecomposition (pyrolysis) and subsequent recombination(pyrosynthesis) of organic molecules
• Automobile exhaust, industrial emissions and smoke fromburning wood, charcoal and tobacco contain high levelsof PAHs
• combustion processes produce a mixture of chemicalswith soot being a well known example
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Chemical characteristics
• high melting and boiling points
• low vapor pressure
•very low aqueous solubility
• highly lipophilic
• very soluble in organicsolvents
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Sources
Natural Sources
• forest and grass fires
• oil seeps
• volcanoes
• chlorophyllous plants,fungi, and bacteria
Anthropogenic Sources
• petroleum
• electric power generation
• refuse incineration
• home heating
• production of coke,carbon black, coal tar,
and asphalt
• internal combustionengines
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Uses
• intermediaries inpharmaceuticals,
•agricultural products
• photographicproducts
• thermosetting
plastics
• lubricating materials
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Some of the PAH used in theindustry
• Acenaphthene: manufacture ofdyes, plastics,pigments, pharmaceuticals and pesticides
• Anthracene: manufacture of dyes andpigments;diluent for wood preservatives;
• Fluoranthene: manufacture of dyes,pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals.
• Fluorene: manufacture of dyes, pigments,pesticides, thermoset plastic andpharmaceuticals;
• Phenanthrene: manufacture of pesticidesand resins
• Pyrene: manufacture of pigments
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How are we exposed?
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Routes Of Exposure
• breathing ambient and indoor air
• handling contaminated soil or bathing
in contaminated water• eating food containing PAHs
• smoking cigarettes
• breathing smoke from open fireplaces
• Drinking contaminated water
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Sources of PAH’s in the diet
• Barbecue
• Smoked foods
• Coffee and tea
• Human milk• Vegetable oils
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Metabolism
• Due to the high lipophilicity of this class ofcompounds, their bioavailability afteringestion and inhalation is significant
• Scientific investigations have shown thatdetectable levels of PAH occur in almostall internal organs, particularly in organsthat are rich in adipose tissue
• . The enzyme system primarily responsible
for PAH metabolism is the mixed-functionoxidase system.
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The mechanism
• The first reaction is an epoxidation
• PAH epoxides can then be conjugatedwith glutathione and this is regarded as atrue detoxification reaction.
• The epoxides that are not conjugated withglutathione are converted into phenols anddiols
• These PAH metabolites, however, aresometimes not sufficiently polar to beexcreted and are therefore have to beconjugated with glucuronic or sulfuricacids to enable excretion
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Short term health effects
• eye irritation
• nausea
• vomiting
• diarrhea
• Confusion
• Skin irritation
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Chronic health effects
• decreased immune function,
• cataracts,
• kidney and liver damage (e.g. jaundice),
• breathing problems,• asthma-like symptoms
• lung function abnormalities
• repeated contact with skin may induce
redness and skin inflammation
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Carcinogenicity
• ability of the reactive metabolites, such asepoxides and dihydrodiols, of some PAHsto bind to cellular proteins and DNA
-which leads to:
*mutation
*formation of tumor
*cancer*developmental malformations
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Common cancers caused byPAH’s
• lung cancer from inhalation,
• stomach cancer from ingesting PAHs infood,
•skin cancer from skin contact.
**Benzo(a)pyrene is the most common PAH
to cause cancer in animals and thiscompound is notable for being the firstchemical carcinogen to be discovered.
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Teratogenicity
• Embryotoxic effects of PAHs have beendescribed in experimental animalsexposed to PAH
• Laboratory studies conducted on micehave demonstrated that ingestion of highlevels of benzo(a)pyrene during pregnancyresulted in birth defects and decreasedbody weight in the offspring
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Teratogenicity
• exposure to PAH pollution duringpregnancy is related to adverse birthoutcomes, this includes
• low birth weight
• premature delivery
• heart malformations
• lower IQ at age three
• increased behavorial problems at ages sixand eight
• and childhood asthma
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Genotoxicity
• Genotoxic effects for some PAH havebeen demonstrated both in rodents and invitro tests using mammalian (includinghuman) cell lines
• Most of the PAHs are not genotoxic bythemselves and they need to bemetabolised to the diol epoxides whichreact with DNA
• Genotoxicity plays important role in thecarcinogenicity process and maybe insome forms of developmental toxicity aswell.
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Immunotoxicity
• PAHs have also been reported tosuppress immune reaction in rodents
• immunosuppression may be involved inthe mechanisms by which PAH inducecancer
• Early immunotoxicology studies of PAHssuch as BaP,DMBA,and 3-methylcholanthrene demonstrated
suppression of the antibody response to avariety of T-cell-dependent and T-cellindependent antigens
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Teratogenicity
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How are we exposed?
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Human Health Effects
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Sources