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A procedure for the determination of 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)-5-chlorophenol (Triclosan) and two possible transformation compounds, 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (2,4,6-TCP), in sludge from sewage treatment plants (STP) and sediments is presented. Extraction was performed using an acetone:methanol (1:1) mixture under the action of a microwave field. The centrifuged supernatant was diluted with a NaOH aqueous solution and twice extracted with n-hexane for removing neutral and basic interferences. The aqueous layer was acidified and processed as a waste water sample. After concentration analytes were silylated and determined by gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Influence of experimental conditions on the yield of the extraction process and on the efficiency of the further clean-up step was thoroughly evaluated. Performance of MS/MS detection in comparison to single MS is described. Under final working conditions quantification limits between 0.4 and 0.8 ng/g and recoveries from 78% to 106% were obtained. The method was applied to the analysis of several sludge and sediment samples. Only low levels of TCS were detected in some of the sediments; however, all three compounds were found in sludge samples at concentrations ranging from 7 to 316 ng/g, in the case of chlorophenols, and from 420 to 5400 ng/g, for Triclosan.
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PMID:Microwave assisted extraction followed by gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry for the determination of triclosan and two related chlorophenols in sludge and sediments. 1603 53

Free radical generation in liver of larval fish (Carassius auratus) after 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) injected intraperitoneally 24 h was studied with electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spin trapping technique and alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) as spin trap reagent. The results show that there is a significant increase of free radical generation in the liver of the fish treated with 2,4-DCP (0.025, 0.05, 0.5, 5, 25 mg/kg) compared with that of the control (p<0.05). The free radical generation correlates well with the dose of 2,4-DCP administered. The regress equation for dose-effect relation is y = 1189ln(x) + 9220, r2 = 0.9856. The six-line composed of three groups with two hyperfine splitting peaks in each shows a typical PBN/*OH EPR spectrum. The hyperfine splitting constants for the PBN-adducts is alphaN = 13.7 Gauss, alphaH= 1.8 Gauss, g factor is 2.0058, which is consistent with the characteristics of PBN-hydroxyl radical adduct reported from the literature. Results also show that there is a significant increase for malondialdehyde (MDA) content in the treated groups compared with that of the control (p<0.05). The mechanisms of free radical generation and lipid peroxidation induced by 2,4-DCP are discussed in this study.
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PMID:[Free radical generation and lipid peroxidation induced by 2,4-dichlorophenol in liver of Carassius auratus]. 1612 65

The estimation of solute sorptive behaviors is essential when direct sorption data are unavailable and will provide a convenient way to assess the fate and the biological activity of organic solutes in soil/sediment environments. In this study, the sorption of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) on 19 soil/sediment samples and the sorption of 13 organic solutes on one sediment were investigated. All sorption isotherms are nonlinear and can be described satisfactorily by a simple dual-mode model (DMM): q(e)=KpCe+Q0 . bCe/(1+bCe), where Kp (mlg(-1)) is the partition coefficient; Ce (microgml(-1)) is the equilibrium concentration; Q0 (microgg(-1)) is the maximum adsorption capacity; Q0 . b (mlg(-1)) is the Langmuir-type isotherm slope in the low concentration (Henry's law) range and b (mlmicrog(-1)) is a constant related to the affinity of the surface for the solute. Based on these nonlinear sorption isotherms and similar other nonlinear isotherms, it is observed that, for both polar 2,4-DCP and nonpolar phenanthrene, Kp, Q0 and Q0 . b are linearly correlated with soil/sediment organic carbon content (f(oc) in the range of 0.118-53.7%). The results indicate that the nonlinear sorption of organic solutes results primarily from interactions with soil/sediment organic matter. The K*oc K*oc=Kp/f(oc)), Qoc (Qoc=Q0/f(oc)), Loc (Loc=Q0 . b/f(oc)) and b for a given organic solute with different soils/sediments are largely invariant. Furthermore, logK*oc, logb and logLoc for various organic solutes are correlated significantly with the solute logKow or logSw (logKow in the range of 0.9 to 5.13 and logSw in the range of -6.176 to -0.070). A fundamental empirical equation was then established to calculate approximately the nonlinear sorption from soil/sediment f(oc) and solute Sw for a given solute equilibrium concentration.
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PMID:Correlations of nonlinear sorption of organic solutes with soil/sediment physicochemical properties. 1615 74

Effect of a biogenic substrate (peptone) concentration on the performance of sequencing batch reactor (SBR) treating 220 mg/l 4-chlorophenol (4-CP) and 110 mg/l 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) mixtures was investigated. In this context, peptone concentration was gradually decreased from 300 mg/l to null in which chlorophenols were fed to the reactor as sole carbon and energy sources. By this way, the effect of peptone concentration on observed yield coefficient (Y), biomass concentration, chlorophenols and COD removal performances were investigated. Decreasing peptone concentration accompanied with lower biomass concentration led to increase in peak chlorophenol and COD concentrations within the reactor during each SBR cycle. This, in turn, caused noteworthy declines in the removal rates as chlorophenol degradations followed Haldane substrate inhibition model. Also, increased peak chlorophenol concentrations led to the accumulation of 5-chloro-2-hydroxymuconic semialdehyde (CHMS), which is -meta cleavage product of 4-CP. Despite the decreased removal rates, complete chlorophenols and CHMS degradation, in addition to high COD removal efficiencies (>90%), were observed for all studied conditions, even chlorophenols were added as sole carbon and energy sources. Another significant point is that 2,4-DCP at slightly elevated concentrations (>20 mg/l) within the reactor caused a strong competitive inhibition on 4-CP degradation. In SBR, feeding the influent to the reactor within a certain period (i.e. filling period) provided dilution of coming wastewater, which decreased the chlorophenols concentrations to which microorganisms were exposed. Therefore, use of SBR may help to avoid both self and competitive inhibitions in the treatment of 4-CP and 2,4-DCP mixture especially in the presence high biogenic substrate concentrations. In addition, isolation and identification studies have indicated that Pseudomonas sp. and Pseudomonas stutzeri were dominant species in the acclimated mixed culture.
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PMID:Effect of biogenic substrate concentration on the performance of sequencing batch reactor treating 4-CP and 2,4-DCP mixtures. 1615 49

In the present study, electron paramagnetic resonance coupled with spin-trapping technique was used, with alpha-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) as a spin-trapping agent, to investigate free radical generation in freshwater fish with acute 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) poisoning. The PBN-radical adducts were detected in fish liver samples following treatments of 2,4-DCP (0.025, 0.05, 0.5, 5, or 25 mg/kg) 24 h after intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection and 2,4-DCP (0.5 mg/kg) at 2, 4, 8, 24, or 72 h after i.p. injection in Carassius auratus. The hyperfine splitting constants for the PBN-radical adducts are aN = 13.7 G, aH = 1.8 G, and g = 2.0058, which is consistent with those of PBN/hydroxyl radical (*OH). The results indicate that the hydroxyl radical is probably produced during acute intoxication of 2,4-DCP. The relative similarity in the kinetics (from 2 to 72 h) of superoxide dismutase activity induction and *OH generation implies that the generation of *OH possibly depends on the superoxide anion (O2*-). Superoxide anion (O2*-) might be the precursor radical undergoing the Haber-Weiss reaction to form *OH. Possible pathways for radical chain reactions in the formation of the hydroxyl radical in vivo after 2,4-DCP administration are proposed. Other parameters with respect to antioxidant defense (e.g., superoxide dismutase and catalase) and oxidative damage (lipid peroxidation level) indicate that the fish were subjected to oxidative stress induced by 2,4-DCP and that the mechanisms of oxidative stress possibly involve the in vivo stimulation of hydroxyl radical formation.
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PMID:Electron paramagnetic resonance investigation of in vivo free radical formation and oxidative stress induced by 2,4-dichlorophenol in the freshwater fish Carassius auratus. 1619 40

Ninety strains of fungi from the collection of our mycology laboratory were tested in Galzy and Slonimski (GS) synthetic liquid medium for their ability to degrade the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and its by-product, 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) at 100 mg l(-1), each. Evolution of the amounts of each chemical in the culture media was monitored by HPLC. After 5 days of cultivation, the best results were obtained with Aspergillus penicilloides and Mortierella isabellina for 2,4-D and with Chrysosporium pannorum and Mucor genevensis for 2,4-DCP. The data collected seemed to prove, on one hand, that the strains responses varied with the taxonomic groups and the chemicals tested, and, on the other hand, that 2,4-D was less accessible to fungal degradation than 2,4-DCP. In each case, kinetics studies with the two most efficient strains revealed that there was a lag phase of 1 day before the onset of 2,4-D degradation, whereas there was none during 2,4-DCP degradation. Moreover, 2,4-DCP was detected transiently during 2,4-D degradation. Finally, M. isabellina improved its degradation potential in Tartaric Acid (TA) medium relative to GS and Malt Extract (ME) media.
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PMID:Fungal bioconversion of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP). 1620 Oct 28

Toxic organic compounds detected generally in source water could combine with chlorine and contribute significantly to chlorination disinfection by-products (CDBPs). The effects of pH on species distribution of CDBPs and the kinetics of chlorination were investigated using phenol as a model of ionizable toxic organic compounds in the pH range of 6.0-9.0. It was found that five chlorination products including 2-monochlorophenol (2-MCP), 4-monochlorophenol (4-MCP), 2,6-dichlorophenol (2,6-DCP), 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and 2,4,6-trichlorophenol (TCP) were produced by successive chlorination substitution. MCP (2-MCP and 4-MCP) were the dominant products and phenol partly remained in acid media, while TCP and DCP (2,6-DCP and 2,4-DCP) were the main components in neutral and alkaline media. A steady equilibrium of phenol and its chlorination products was reached in 20-30 min in acid-, neutral- and slightly alkaline media, and was delayed to 60-180 min in alkaline media. The difference in properties between phenols and phenolates, and those between HOCl and ClO(-) should be considered simultaneously in explaining the effects of pH on the chlorination process with the theory of electrophilic substitution. These results show that pH plays an important regulating role in the species distribution of CDBPs and the kinetics of chlorination for ionizable toxic organic compounds in chlorination.
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PMID:Effects of pH on the chlorination process of phenols in drinking water. 1633 40

A genetically engineered microorganism, Pseudomonas putida PPO301(pRO103), and the plasmidless parent strain, PPO301, were added at approximately 10 CFU/g of soil amended with 500 ppm of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D) (500 mug/g). The degradation of 2,4-D and the accumulation of a single metabolite, identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrophotometry as 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP), occurred only in soil inoculated with PPO301(pRO103), wherein 2,4-DCP accumulated to >70 ppm for 5 weeks and the concentration of 2,4-D was reduced to <100 ppm. Coincident with the accumulation of 2,4-DCP was a >400-fold decline in the numbers of fungal propagules and a marked reduction in the rate of CO(2) evolution, whereas 2,4-D did not depress either fungal propagules or respiration of the soil microbiota. 2,4-DCP did not appear to depress the numbers of total heterotrophic, sporeforming, or chitin-utilizing bacteria. In vitro and in situ assays conducted with 2,4-DCP and fungal isolates from the soil demonstrated that 2,4-DCP was toxic to fungal propagules at concentrations below those detected in the soil.
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PMID:Effects of 2,4-dichlorophenol, a metabolite of a genetically engineered bacterium, and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate on some microorganism-mediated ecological processes in soil. 1634 8

This study investigated the applicability of minced shepherd's purse root containing high peroxidase activity as a catalytic agent instead of purified and immobilized peroxidase for the remediation of soil contaminated with phenolic pollutants, using 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) as a model pollutant. The removal of 2,4-DCP in the soil was extremely fast when treated with peroxide and minced shepherd's purse root, and maximal removal was achieved within 10 min. Increasing the reaction temperature did not significantly influence removal of 2,4-DCP incubated with shepherd's purse. The removal of 2,4-DCP was dependent on the amount of shepherd's purse and the soil moisture content. Increasing the amount of shepherd's purse and moisture mixed with soil caused an increased removal of 2,4-DCP. Calcium peroxide was more effective than hydrogen peroxide, and maximal removal was achieved in 20 mM of both peroxides. The efficiency of 2,4-DCP removal decreased with increasing 2,4-DCP concentration but was greater than 60% at 500 to 1000 mg kg(-1). Our results provide strong evidence that shepherd's purse can be used to remediate soil contaminated with phenolic pollutants.
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PMID:Remediation of soil contaminated with 2,4-dichlorophenol by treatment of minced shepherd's purse roots. 1639 21

Combination of upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) and aerobic rotating biological contactor (RBC) reactors having higher biomass concentration and higher sludge retention time (SRT) was applied for the sequential treatment of priority pollutant chlorophenol containing wastewater. Target compounds 2-chlorophenol (2-CP) and 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) present in two simulated wastewaters at a concentration of 30 mg/l each individually were sequentially treated in continuous mode by combined UASB-I, RBC-I and combined UASB-II, RBC-II reactors, respectively after the acclimation of their biomass with the corresponding chlorophenol. Reactor combinations took 190 and 215 days for acclimation with 30 mg/l of 2-CP and 2,4-DCP respectively. Hydraulic retention time (HRT) studies showed that 12h HRT of UASB-I and 23 h HRT of RBC-I as well as 12h HRT of UASB-II and 28.8h HRT of RBC-II were the optimum combinations for the treatment of simulated wastewater containing 2-CP and 2,4-DCP respectively. Optimum HRT combinations produced 2-CP and 2,4-DCP effluent having corresponding chlorophenol concentration of below detectable limit (BDL) and 0.1 mg/l respectively. Half velocity coefficients (Ks) for 2-CP and 2,4-DCP biodegradation in UASB reactors were determined to be 5.07 mg 2-CP/l and 6.49 mg 2,4-DCP/l. Optimum ratio of substrate (chlorophenol): co-substrate (sodium acetate) was 1:100.
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PMID:Removal of chlorophenols in sequential anaerobic-aerobic reactors. 1640 8


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