Preliminary study on the occurrence of brominated organic compounds in Dutch marine organisms
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Michiel Kotterman1, Ike van der Veen, Judith van Hesselingen
1Netherlands Institute for Fisheries Research (RIVO), P.O. Box 68, 1970 AB IJmuiden, The Netherlands. michiel.kotterman@wur.nl
Biomolecular Engineering
|August 16, 2003
Abstract:
The extracts of three marine organisms; the ascidian Ciona intestinalis, the brown seaweed Sargassum muticum and the sponge Halichondria panicea, all elicited a number of brominated compounds, some of which were tentatively identified. Tribromophenol was observed in all species. This compound, also industrially produced as flame retardant and fungicide, was likely due to endogenous production.
