Evaluation of Dioxin/Furan and Elements in Poultry from Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

Table 8

Average concentration of PCDD/Fs congeners in liver samples (ng/kg).

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	∑Congeners
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran	11.30 ± 0.42	6.14 ± 0.75	9.46 ± 0.25	12.25 ± 0.75	12.84 ± 0.67	7.47 ± 0.50	10.92 ± 0.50	9.23 ± 0.67	6.45 ± 0.27	12.99 ± 0.25	86.06
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzeno-p-dioxin	0.72 ± 0.50	0.72 ± 0.06	0.56 ± 0.07	0.41 ± 0.05	0.72 ± 0.25	0.61 ± 0.25	0.28 ± 0.08	0.46 ± 0.09	0.31 ± 0.03	0.72 ± 0.04	4.78
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran	16.83 ± 0.33	12.30 ± 0.25	16.85 ± 0.42	26.39 ± 0.58	12.23 ± 0.25	24.40 ± 0.50	22.51 ± 0.33	24.25 ± 0.50	14.17 ± 0.42	18.80 ± 0.42	169.92
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran	4.58 ± 0.50	17.14 ± 0.33	16.34 ± 0.50	9.05 ± 0.50	9.95 ± 0.42	13.45 ± 0.42	16.45 ± 0.57	8.82 ± 0.42	8.18 ± 0.38	16.29 ± 0.55	103.96
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	2.30 ± 0.81	1.41 ± 0.42	1.64 ± 0.42	2.05 ± 0.75	1.46 ± 0.25	1.20 ± 0.42	1.43 ± 0.50	2.28 ± 0.08	2.10 ± 0.15	1.00 ± 0.04	15.86
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	56.60 ± 1.83	53.32 ± 0.25	63.02 ± 0.33	59.97 ± 0.51	57.34 ± 0.67	63.25 ± 0.75	56.88 ± 0.42	51.61 ± 0.50	60.61 ± 0.58	45.77 ± 0.42	522.61
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	20.28 ± 0.58	20.43 ± 0.75	18.72 ± 0.42	31.99 ± 0.49	26.45 ± 0.42	38.80 ± 0.75	29.57 ± 0.83	27.93 ± 0.58	31.33 ± 0.07	28.18 ± 0.42	245.50
2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	2.33 ± 0.67	2.74 ± 0.66	2.51 ± 0.75	1.46 ± 0.37	2.97 ± 0.07	3.12 ± 0.50	3.04 ± 0.65	1.79 ± 0.50	2.38 ± 0.08	2.53 ± 0.33	22.33
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	13.30 ± 0.33	14.96 ± 0.50	21.97 ± 0.33	28.31 ± 0.59	18.80 ± 0.50	18.49 ± 0.50	10.10 ± 0.25	9.92 ± 0.57	20.82 ± 0.35	27.54 ± 0.25	156.68
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	1.79 ± 0.58	2.20 ± 0.58	2.56 ± 0.83	0.90 ± 0.25	1.48 ± 0.25	1.89 ± 0.75	2.23 ± 0.33	1.61 ± 0.37	1.61 ± 0.13	1.33 ± 0.05	16.27
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	3.09 ± 0.50	6.93 ± 0.67	7.29 ± 0.67	5.60 ± 0.25	7.93 ± 0.25	3.43 ± 0.83	6.34 ± 0.42	6.11 ± 0.25	3.79 ± 0.33	7.47 ± 0.08	50.51
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	2.30 ± 0.58	2.15 ± 0.50	1.25 ± 0.42	2.35 ± 0.58	2.38 ± 0.83	1.87 ± 0.35	2.35 ± 0.50	1.53 ± 0.33	2.69 ± 0.15	1.66 ± 0.03	18.87
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran	16.27 ± 0.50	24.55 ± 0.83	20.31 ± 0.85	15.32 ± 0.59	21.41 ± 0.25	23.43 ± 0.50	22.12 ± 0.50	24.60 ± 0.76	25.47 ± 0.42	18.45 ± 0.13	193.48
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzino-p-dioxin	9.80 ± 2.75	10.61 ± 0.42	8.29 ± 0.51	10.38 ± 0.67	7.65 ± 0.50	6.24 ± 0.25	7.16 ± 0.25	9.77 ± 0.37	5.19 ± 0.17	7.31 ± 0.25	75.09
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran	2.30 ± 0.42	4.25 ± 0.25	3.81 ± 0.34	5.09 ± 0.09	2.76 ± 0.67	4.07 ± 0.25	3.12 ± 0.42	2.76 ± 0.25	2.23 ± 0.03	3.20 ± 0.05	30.38
Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	2.20 ± 0.75	2.07 ± 0.33	1.43 ± 0.67	1.89 ± 0.07	0.90 ± 0.08	1.89 ± 0.32	1.66 ± 0.37	1.82 ± 0.25	0.92 ± 0.04	2.30 ± 0.08	14.78
Octachlorodibenzofuran	0.36 ± 0.03	0.64 ± 0.15	0.56 ± 0.07	0.54 ± 0.33	0.46 ± 0.09	0.46 ± 0.15	0.59 ± 0.18	0.54 ± 0.13	0.54 ± 0.05	0.43 ± 0.07	4.68
∑congeners	166.34 ± 3.17	182.56 ± 1.67	196.57 ± 1.88	213.96 ± 1.37	187.70 ± 1.36	214.07 ± 1.54	196.75 ± 1.30	185.04 ± 1.32	188.77 ± 0.70	195.98 ± 0.52	1731.77

The number given in bold is to show the highest sum between all.