Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, 90100 Palermo, Italy.
Istituto EuroMediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia (IEMEST), Via Michele Miraglia 20, 90139 Palermo, Italy.
Mar Pollut Bull. 2018 Feb;127:165-169. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.069. Epub 2017 Dec 7.
Tissues from thirteen specimens of marine turtles, one Dermochelys coriacea and twelve Caretta caretta, found dead along the Sicilian coasts in 2016 were analyzed for the presence of phthalates. Four phthalates (DEP, DBP, BBP, and DEHP) were found at different significant concentrations in liver and gonads, while only DBP was found in muscle tissues and at a fourfold lower concentration than other phthalates in Dermochelys coriacea. No traces of DEP were detected in C. caretta tissues where DOTP was also revealed. The presence of phthalates in fat tissue in specimens of C. caretta showed a major prevalence of the most lipophilic phthalates DEHP and DOTP. The total concentration of all analyzed phthalates, showed high values in all tissues. Results suggested that for monitoring purposes from live specimens sample collection should be addressed to fat tissue with accurate manipulations.
对 2016 年在西西里海岸发现死亡的 13 只海龟标本（1 只玳瑁和 12 只绿海龟）的组织进行了邻苯二甲酸酯检测。在肝脏和性腺中发现了四种邻苯二甲酸酯（DEP、DBP、BBP 和 DEHP），浓度不同，但在肌肉组织中仅发现了 DBP，浓度比其他邻苯二甲酸酯低四倍。在玳瑁组织中未检测到 DEP 的痕迹，而在绿海龟组织中则发现了 DOTP。在绿海龟脂肪组织中存在邻苯二甲酸酯，表明最亲脂性的邻苯二甲酸酯 DEHP 和 DOTP 更为普遍。所有分析的邻苯二甲酸酯的总浓度在所有组织中均较高。结果表明，为了进行监测，从活体标本中采集样本时应特别注意脂肪组织，并进行精确的操作。
