| Literature DB >> 27583696 |
Ana I Catarino1, Richard Thompson2, William Sanderson1,3, Theodore B Henry1,4.
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The authors compared procedures for digestion of mussel soft tissues and extraction of microplastics. Complete tissue digestion was achieved with 1M NaOH, 35% HNO3 , and protease at 9.6 UHb/mL (unit hemoglobin per mL); but use of HNO3 caused unacceptable destruction of some microplastics. Recovery of microplastics spiked into mussels was similar (93 ± 10%) for NaOH and enzyme digestions. The authors recommend use of industrial enzymes based on digestion efficiency, microplastic recovery, and avoidance of caustic chemicals. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:947-951.Entities:
Keywords: Emerging pollutants; Environmental toxicology; Enzymatic digestion; Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR); Microplastics; Mussels
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27583696 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3608
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Environ Toxicol Chem ISSN: 0730-7268 Impact factor: 3.742