Metabolism of phenanthrene by house fly
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Peter J. Korytko; Fred W. Quimby; Jeffrey G. Scott
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a ubiquitous class of environmental contaminants. The compound phenanthrene is a model PAH. A novel fluorometric method for measuring phenanthrene metabolism in vitro was developed and verified with direct measurement of [ 14 C]phenanthrene using dog liver