Department of Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, A.N. Sezer Kampüsü, 03200 Afyon, Turkey; Biology Department, Middle East Technical University, 06531 Ankara, Turkey.
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2003 Jun;14(1-2):87-8. doi: 10.1016/S1382-6689(03)00026-7.
Alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEs) called environmental endocrine disruptors has been shown to accumulate in water around the world. In this study, the pollution level of alkylphenolic compounds was measured and quantified in water, sediment, and the tissues of fishes collected in two rivers, Sakarya and Degirmendere Rivers, Turkey. Butylphenol (BP) were detected in sediment samples at one sampling stations of both rivers with 1.68 and 3.15 μg/g sediment, while nonylphenol (NP) were detected with the amount of 4.46 μg/g sediment in one sampling station in Degirmendere river. Fish samples also showed the presence of alkylphenolic compounds in both rivers. The level of alkylphenol pollution in two rivers of Turkey was determined to be in the range of alkylphenol level reported in Europe but lower than that of in the USA.
烷基酚聚氧乙烯醚（APEs）被称为环境内分泌干扰物，已被证明在世界各地的水中积累。在这项研究中，对土耳其的两条河流（萨卡里亚河和代格米尔河）的水、沉积物和鱼类组织中的烷基酚化合物的污染水平进行了测量和定量。在两条河流的一个采样点的沉积物样本中检测到了丁基苯酚（BP），含量分别为 1.68 和 3.15μg/g 沉积物，而在代格米尔河的一个采样点中检测到了壬基苯酚（NP），含量为 4.46μg/g 沉积物。鱼类样本也显示出这两条河流中都存在烷基酚类化合物。土耳其这两条河流的烷基酚污染水平被确定在欧洲报道的烷基酚水平范围内，但低于美国的水平。
