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SUBMITTER: Li ZR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098194 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li Zong-Rui ZR Luo Xiao-Jun XJ Huang Li-Qian LQ Mai Bi-Xian BX
Scientific reports 20161107
Fertilized chicken eggs were injected with environmental doses of 4 chiral polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and 8 polybrominated biphenyl ethers (PBDEs) to investigate their uptake, metabolism in the embryo, and distribution in the neonate chicken. PCB95 uptake was the most efficient (80%) whereas BDE209 was the least (56%). Embryos metabolized approximately 52% of the PCBs absorbed. Though some degree of metabolism in the first 18 days, most of the PCBs and PBDEs was metabolized in the last thr ...[more]