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Cerasa M, Guerriero E, Balducci C, Bacaloni A, Ciccioli P, Mosca S. Particle and gas phase sampling of PCDD/Fs and dl-PCBs by activated carbon fiber and GC/MS analysis. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:65192-65203. [PMID: 37079234 PMCID: PMC10182933 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-27052-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorodibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) are semi-volatile compounds and can be partitioned in the atmosphere between the gas and particulate phase, due to their physicochemical properties. For this reason, the reference standard methods for air sampling include a quartz fiber filter (QFF) for the particulate and a polyurethane foam (PUF) cartridge for the vapor phase, and it is the classical and most popular sampling method in the air. Despite the presence of the two adsorbing media, this method cannot be used for the study of the gas-particulate distribution, but only for a total quantification. This study presents the results and the performance aim to validate an activated carbon fiber (ACF) filter for the sampling of PCDD/Fs and dioxin-like PCBs (dl-PCBs) using laboratory and field tests. The specificity, precision, and accuracy of the ACF in relation to the QFF + PUF were evaluated through the isotopic dilution technique, the recovery rates, and the standard deviations. Then the ACF performance was assessed on real samples, in a naturally contaminated area, through parallel sampling with the reference method (QFF + PUF). The QA/QC was defined according to the standard methods ISO 16000-13 and -14 and EPA TO4A and 9A. Data confirmed that ACF meets the requirements for the quantification of native POPs compounds in atmospheric and indoor samples. In addition, ACF provided accuracy and precision comparable to those offered by standard reference methods using QFF + PUF, but with significant savings in terms of time and costs.
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- Marina Cerasa
- Italian National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Area Della Ricerca Di Roma 1, 00010, Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Italian National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Area Della Ricerca Di Roma 1, 00010, Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Italian National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Area Della Ricerca Di Roma 1, 00010, Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Chemistry Department, Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences Faculty, Sapienza University Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Research Council, Institute for Biological Systems, Area Della Ricerca Di Roma 1, 00010, Montelibretti (RM), Italy
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- Italian National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Area Della Ricerca Di Roma 1, 00010, Montelibretti (RM), Italy.
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Manco A, Ciccioli P, Famulari D, Brilli F, Ciccioli P, Tommasi PD, Toscano P, Gioli B, Esposito A, Magliulo V. Real-time air concentrations and turbulent fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) over historic closed landfills to assess their potential environmental impact. Environ Pollut 2022; 309:119748. [PMID: 35868472 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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For the first time, emission/deposition fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and H2S from a historic closed landfill site in Southern Italy were determined by Eddy Covariance (EC) using Proton Transfer Reaction Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (PTR-TOF-MS). This was done in two field campaigns of one week performed in July and October 2016, where fluxes of CO2 and CH4 were also measured. Many compounds not previously identified in the biogas were detected by PTR-TOF-MS, but only in July some of them produced positive fluxes exceeding the flux limit of detection. Methanol was the most emitted compound with an average flux of 44.20 ± 4.28 μg m-2 h-1, followed by toluene with a mean flux of 18.97 ± 2.47 μg m-2 h-1. Toluene fluxes were 10 times higher than those of benzene, fitting rather well with values previously measured in the biogas. VOCs emission fluxes of monoterpenes and highly reactive arenes did not reflect, however, the biogas composition. This, combined with tiny emissions of VOC oxidation products, suggests that landfill emissions underwent some photochemical degradation before being dispersed in the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL). Deposition fluxes of some VOCs emitted from the sea was also observed in July. No relevant VOC fluxes were instead measured in October, suggesting that temperature was the variable controlling most landfill emission. Albeit small, summer landfill emissions from the investigated site can have an impact on the population living nearby, because they contain or still generate compounds that causing nuisance.
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- Antonio Manco
- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy.
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- National Research Council, Institute of Biological Systems, (CNR-ISB), Area Della Ricerca di Roma, 00015, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IPSP), Via Madonna Del Piano 10, 50017, Sesto Fiorentino (Firenze), Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute of Biological Systems, (CNR-ISB), Area Della Ricerca di Roma, 00015, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- Institute of Bioeconomy, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IBE), Via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- Institute of Bioeconomy, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IBE), Via G. Caproni 8, 50145, Firenze, Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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- National Research Council, Institute for Agricultural and Forestry Systems in the Mediterranean (CNR-ISAFOM), Piazzale E. Fermi 1, 80055, Portici (NA), Italy
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Cavallo D, Fresegna AM, Ciervo A, Ursini CL, Maiello R, Del Frate V, Ferrante R, Mabilia R, Pizzo B, Grossi B, Ciccioli P, Ciccioli P, Iavicoli S. New formaldehyde-free adhesives for wood manufacturing: In vitro evaluation of potential toxicity of fine dust collected during wood sawing using a new experimental model to simulate occupational inhalation exposure. Toxicology 2021; 466:153085. [PMID: 34968639 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2021.153085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Formaldehyde mainly emitted from wood adhesives, finishing materials, paint for furniture represents, together with wood dust, a potential carcinogenic risk for wood workers. Aims of this multidisciplinary study are to investigate the possibility of replacing urea-formaldehyde (UF) adhesives in the wood industry with organic and/or inorganic-based glues to obtain a final less toxic product and to evaluate the potential toxicity of wood glued with such new adhesives. For this purpose we selected poplar wood to test an organic new adhesive HBP (Hemp Based Protein), a mixture of hemp flour and cross-linker PAE (polyaminoamide epichlorohydrin), and spruce wood to test an inorganic adhesive geopolymer K-PSS (potassium-polysiloxosialate) plus polyvinyl acetate. For the poplar wood, we also used a commercial panel glued with UF for comparison. We reproduced occupational inhalation exposure during sawing activities of mentioned woods, collected and characterized the wood dusts emitted during sawing and evaluated in vitro their potential cyto-genotoxic and inflammatory effects. We used human lung cells (A549) exposed for 24 h to 20 and 100 µg/mL of collected PM2.5 wood dust. We found that both the new adhesives wood dusts induced a slightly higher apoptotic effect than untreated natural wood dusts particularly in spruce wood. Only geopolymer K-PSS wood dust induced membrane damage at the highest concentration and direct and oxidative DNA damage that could be explained by the different chemical composition and the lower particle sizes in respect to organic HBP adhesive wood dust. We found slight induction of IL6 release, not influenced by K-PSS treatment, at the highest concentration in spruce wood. For poplar wood, IL-6 and IL-8 induction was found particularly for untreated and UF-treated wood at the highest concentration, where hemp adhesive treatment induced lower inflammation while at lower concentration similar slight cytokine induction was found for all tested wood dusts. This preliminary study shows that natural adhesives used to replace UF adhesives represent an interesting alternative, particularly the organic hemp-based adhesive showing very low toxicity.
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- Delia Cavallo
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Dipartimento di Scienze Bio Agroalimentari (CNR-DISBA), Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Bioeconomia (CNR-IBE), Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per la Bioeconomia (CNR-IBE), Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici (CNR-ISB), Montelibretti, Rome, Italy
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per i Sistemi Biologici (CNR-ISB), Montelibretti, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, INAIL - Italian Workers' Compensation Authority, Monte Porzio Catone, Rome, Italy
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Donati E, Polcaro CM, Ciccioli P, Galli E. The comparative study of a laccase-natural clinoptilolite-based catalyst activity and free laccase activity on model compounds. J Hazard Mater 2015; 289:83-90. [PMID: 25710818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.02.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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For the first time a laccase from Trametes versicolor was immobilized on a natural clinoptilolite with Si/Al=5 to obtain a biocatalyst for environmental applications. Immobilization procedures exploiting adsorption and covalent binding were both tested, and only the last provided enough activity for practical applications. The optimal conditions for the immobilization of the enzyme on the support and the kinetic parameters for the free and covalent bonded laccase were determined. The laccase bonded to the zeolitic support showed a lower activity than the free laccase, but the pH and thermal stability were greater. 20 mg of dry biocatalyst containing 1 U of laccase were able to remove in 50h 73-78% of 2-chlorophenol and 2,4-dichlorophenol in relatively concentrated aqueous solutions (100 μmol L(-1)).
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- Enrica Donati
- Institute of Chemical Methodologies of CNR (IMC), Research Area of Rome 1, Via Salaria Km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Chemical Methodologies of CNR (IMC), Research Area of Rome 1, Via Salaria Km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Chemical Methodologies of CNR (IMC), Research Area of Rome 1, Via Salaria Km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Agro-Environmental and Forest Biology of CNR (IBAF), Research Area of Rome 1, Via Salaria Km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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Dindorf T, Kuhn U, Ganzeveld L, Schebeske G, Ciccioli P, Holzke C, Köble R, Seufert G, Kesselmeier J. Significant light and temperature dependent monoterpene emissions from European beech (Fagus sylvaticaL.) and their potential impact on the European volatile organic compound budget. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1029/2005jd006751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Frattoni M, Marta S, Brachetti A, Vitullo M, Tirone G, Valentini R. Relaxed eddy accumulation, a new technique for measuring emission and deposition fluxes of volatile organic compounds by capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2003; 985:283-96. [PMID: 12580496 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(02)01731-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The possibility afforded by a new relaxed eddy accumulation system in the determination of emission and deposition fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by chromatographic techniques will be presented. The system, especially designed to limit sampling artifacts, uses adsorption traps filled with solid sorbents as reservoirs for VOC collection. Enriched compounds were analyzed by capillary GC and positive identification and quantification of eluted compounds was Achieved by mass-spectrometric detection. The method has been used to quantify the emission and deposition of both biogenic and anthropogenic VOCs over a Mediterranean forest ecosystem located in Central Italy. For the first time, both daily and seasonal trends of anthropogenic and biogenic VOCs will be reported. The consistency of monoterpene fluxes with predictions based on the knowledge of VOC emission from the dominant vegetation species will be tested. Data have been used to develop a novel algorithm to predict the seasonality of biogenic emission from the forest ecosystem.
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- P Ciccioli
- Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche, Area della Ricerca del CNR di Montilibretti, Via Salaria km 29.300. 00016, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
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Yassaa N, Brancaleoni E, Frattoni M, Ciccioli P. Trace level determination of enantiomeric monoterpenes in terrestrial plant emission and in the atmosphere using a β-cyclodextrin capillary column coupled with thermal desorption and mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 2001; 915:185-97. [PMID: 11358248 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)00587-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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For the first time, enrichment on solid sorbents followed by thermal desorption has been used for the determination of the enantiomeric signature of monoterpenes in the gaseous emission of terrestrial plants. A beta-cyclodextrin capillary column has been used for the separation of critical pairs. The temperature program and column loading were optimized for making the accurate quantification of individual enantiomers possible by mass spectrometry. The resolution achieved was sufficient for separating enantiomeric monoterpenes from other biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compounds present in air and vegetation emission samples. The method has been applied to the determination of the enantiomeric ratios of monoterpenes in the gaseous emissions of some evergreen plants and in the open atmosphere.
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- N Yassaa
- Laboratoire d'Analyse Organique Fonctionnelle, Institute of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, USTHB, Bab-Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria
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The mycelium of T. borchii (characterized by DNA analysis) grown in sterile liquid medium produced some VOCs. The VOCs were retained on carbographs by passing a flow of helium, isolated and characterized in a GC-MS equipment after a thermal desorption. The compounds present in the VOCs from the mycelium cultures, but not in the VOCs from the control cultures, contained 29 compounds. The main compounds were 1,3-ditertbutylbenzene (16.1 ng/l), 3-methylheptane (9.2 ng/l), butan-2-one (8.8 ng/l), ethynylbenzene (5.6 ng/l), and octan-3-one (4.9 ng/l).
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- B Tirillini
- Istituto di Botanica, Università di Urbino, Italy.
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A dynamic calibration system designed for generating accurate and precise concentrations of semi-volatile carbonyls in the ppb (v/v) (ppbv)-ppt (v/v) (pptv) range has been developed and tested. Alkanals from C6 to C9 were used as test compounds. Diffusion rates of their vapours from capillary tubes were determined theoretically and with two methods whose accuracy was independently evaluated with liquid standard solutions. Methods selected for testing the calibration system were those commonly used for the selective quantification of carbonyls in air. One is based on the well-known reaction with 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (DNPH), followed by the analysis of formed hydrazones by HPLC-UV. The other is based on the retention of carbonyls on graphitic carbon adsorbents, followed by MS detection of the sample injected into a capillary column by thermal desorption. A good consistency was found between the values of the diffusion rates determined by the two methods. The scatter between the two methods was in the range of +/-10% when diffusion rates of ca. 1 ng/s were attained. Experimental values closely approached those calculated by applying the equation describing the diffusion of a vapour in equilibrium with the liquid through a capillary tube.
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- M Possanzini
- Istituto sull'Inquinamento Atmosferico del CNR, Area della Ricerca di Roma, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy.
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Mabilia R, Cecinato A. Simple laboratory-made system for the determination of C2-C7 hydrocarbons relevant to photochemical smog pollution. J Chromatogr A 1997; 777:267-74. [PMID: 9299724 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00380-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A simple gas chromatographic system suitable for determining volatile organic compounds from C2 to C7 in air is described. It consists of a capillary cold trap filled with graphitic carbon, a thermodesorbing device, a capillary gas chromatograph equipped with an alumina column and a flame ionization detector. Dry, as well as humid, air samples can be analysed with our system. Up to 2-1 samples of air can be enriched on our trapping device by using Nafion membranes for removing water. Direct analysis of air samples is possible by enriching 250 ml on the carbon trap. The recovery, sensitivity and linearity of our system have been checked with standard mixtures and real samples. The performances have been compared with those afforded by a commercially available instrument exploiting a different enrichment procedure. The results obtained show that our analyser can be successfully applied to determinations of C2 to C7 hydrocarbons present in air samples at levels of 0.01 ppb (v/v).
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- P Ciccioli
- Istituto sull'Inquinamento Atmosferico-C.N.R., Monterotondo Scalo RM, Italy
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Loreto F, Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A, Frattoni M, Sharkey TD. Different sources of reduced carbon contribute to form three classes of terpenoid emitted by Quercus ilex L. leaves. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1996; 93:9966-9. [PMID: 11607702 PMCID: PMC38538 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.18.9966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Quercus ilex L. leaves emit terpenes but do not have specialized structures for terpene storage. We exploited this unique feature to investigate terpene biosynthesis in intact leaves of Q. ilex. Light induction allowed us to distinguish three classes of terpenes: (i) a rapidly induced class including alpha-pinene; (ii) a more slowly induced class, including cis-beta-ocimene; and (iii) the most slowly induced class, including 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol. Using 13C, we found that alpha-pinene and cis-beta-ocimene were labeled quickly and almost completely while there was a delay before label appeared in linalool and 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol. The acetyl group of 3-methyl-3-buten-1-yl acetate was labeled quickly but label was limited to 20% of the moiety. It is suggested that the ocimene class of monoterpenes is made from one or more terpenes of the alpha-pinene class and that both classes are made entirely from reduced carbon pools inside the chloroplasts. Linalool and 3-methyl-3-buten-1-ol are made from a different pool of reduced carbon, possibly in nonphotosynthetic plastids. The acetyl group of the 3-methyl-3-buten-1-yl acetate is derived mostly from carbon that does not participate in photosynthetic reactions. Low humidity and prolonged exposure to light favored ocimenes emission and induced linalool emission. This may indicate conversion between terpene classes.
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- F Loreto
- Istituto di Biochimica ed Ecofisiologia Vegetali, Rome, Italy
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Loreto F, Ciccioli P, Cecinato A, Brancaleoni E, Frattoni M, Fabozzi C, Tricoli D. Evidence of the Photosynthetic Origin of Monoterpenes Emitted by Quercus ilex L. Leaves by 13C Labeling. Plant Physiol 1996; 110:1317-1322. [PMID: 12226263 PMCID: PMC160926 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.4.1317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The carbon of the four main monoterpenes emitted by Quercus ilex L. leaves was completely labeled with 13C after a 20-min feeding with 99% 13CO2. This labeling time course is comparable with the labeling time course of isoprene, the terpenoid emitted by other Quercus species and synthesized in leaf chloroplasts. It is also comparable with that of phosphoglyceric acid. Our experiment therefore provides evidence that monoterpenes emitted by Q. ilex are formed from photosynthesis intermediates and may share the same synthetic pathway with isoprene. By analyzing the rate and the distribution of labeling in the different fragments, we looked for evidence of differential carbon labeling in the [alpha]-pinene emitted. However, the labeling pattern was quite uniform in the different fragments, suggesting that the carbon skeleton of the emitted monoterpenes comes from a unique carbon source.
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- F. Loreto
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)-Istituto di Biochimica ed Ecofisiologia Vegetali (F.L, D.T.) and CNR-Istituto per I'Inquinamento Atmosferico (P.C., A.C., E.B., M.F., C.F.), Via Salaria, Km 29,300-00016 Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
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Loreto F, Ciccioli P, Cecinato A, Brancaleoni E, Frattoni M, Tricoli D. Influence of Environmental Factors and Air Composition on the Emission of [alpha]-Pinene from Quercus ilex Leaves. Plant Physiol 1996; 110:267-275. [PMID: 12226182 PMCID: PMC157718 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.1.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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We studied the emission of [alpha]-pinene from Quercus ilex leaves. Only the abaxial side of the hypostomatous Q. ilex leaf emits [alpha]-pinene. Light induced photosynthesis and [alpha]-pinene emission. However, the response of photosynthesis to dark-to-light transitions was faster than that of [alpha]-pinene, suggesting that ATP controls the emission. The emission was higher at 30 than at 20[deg]C, whereas photosynthesis did not change. Therefore, the relationship between photosynthesis and [alpha]-pinene emission does not always hold. When CO2 was removed from the air, transpiration was stimulated but photosynthesis and [alpha]-pinene emission were inhibited. [alpha]-Pinene inhibition was more rapid under low O2. When CO2 in the air was increased, photosynthesis was stimulated and transpiration was reduced, but [alpha]-pinene emission was unaffected. Therefore, the emission depends on the availability of photosynthetic carbon, is not saturated at ambient CO2, and is not dependent on stomatal opening. The pattern of [alpha]-pinene emission from Q. ilex is different from that of plants having specialized structures for storage and emission of terpenes. We suggest that [alpha]-pinene emitted by Q. ilex leaves is synthesized in the chloroplasts and shares the same biochemical pathway with isoprene emitted by isoprene-emitting oak species.
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- F. Loreto
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto di Biochimica ed Ecofisiologia Vegetali (F.L., D.T.) and Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Istituto per I'Inquinamento Atmosferico (P.C., A.C., E.B., M.F.), Via Salaria, Km 29,300-00016 Monterotondo Scalo, Rome, Italy
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Ciccioli P, Cecinato A, Brancaleoni E, Brachetti A, Frattoni M. Polar volatile organic compounds (VOC) of natural origin as precursors of ozone. Environ Monit Assess 1994; 31:211-217. [PMID: 24213908 DOI: 10.1007/bf00547199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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HRGC-MS determinations carried out on samples collected in urban, suburban, rural, forest and remote areas suggest that several other classes of non-methane VOC than isoprene and monoterpene hydrocarbons can be emitted by plants. Because of their high photochemical reactivity, they can contribute to tropospheric ozone production which, in turn, can cause climate changes through radiative forcing.
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- P Ciccioli
- Istituto sull' Inquinamento Atmosferico del C.N.R., Area della Ricerca di Roma, Via Salaria km 29.300, C.P.10, Monterotondo Scalo, Italy
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A. Updating the UNICHIM method for the determination of PCDD and PCDF in waste incineration plants. Anal Bioanal Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00321615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A, Sparapani R, Frattoni M. Identification and determination of biogenic and anthropogenic volatile organic compounds in forest areas of Northern and Southern Europe and a remote site of the Himalaya region by high-resolution gas chromatography—mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(93)80541-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Belisario MA, Pecce R, Della Morte R, Arena AR, Cecinato A, Ciccioli P, Staiano N. Characterization of oxidative and reductive metabolism in vitro of nitrofluoranthenes by rat liver enzymes. Carcinogenesis 1990; 11:213-8. [PMID: 2302747 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/11.2.213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Nitrofluoranthenes (NFs) are mutagenic and carcinogenic environmental pollutants found in incomplete combustion products and urban air particulate. We have studied both oxidative and reductive metabolism in vitro of different NF isomers mediated by subcellular rat liver fractions. Under aerobic conditions only ring hydroxylation of NFs by rat liver microsomes occurred and the isomeric position of the nitro group affected both the amount and the type of phenolic metabolites formed. Liver microsomes from 3-methylcholanthrene-induced rats were most effective in giving ring hydroxylated 7- and 8-nitrofluoranthene, whereas liver microsomes from phenobarbital-pretreated rats were the most active in metabolizing 1- and 3-nitrofluoranthene. Under anaerobic conditions, only reduction of NFs mediated by both cytosolic and microsomal rat liver enzymes occurred. Cofactor requirements and inhibition experiments indicated that the reductase activity in rat liver cytosolic fractions could be ascribed to DT-diaphorase, aldehyde oxidase and/or other unknown enzymes. The microsomal reductase activity was inhibited by oxygen, carbon monoxide, 2-diethylaminoethyl-2,2-diphenylvalerate hydrochloride and n-octylamine, and slightly by cytochrome c; flavin mononucleotide greatly enhanced this activity. 3-Nitrofluoranthene microsomal nitroreductase activity was increased by phenobarbital rat pretreatment and this increment correlated well with the content of cytochrome P450. These results indicate a participation of cytochrome P450 in the reductive metabolism of NFs by rat liver microsomes.
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- M A Belisario
- Dipartimento di Biochimica e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università di Napoli, Italy
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Possanzini M, Ciccioli P, Di Palo V, Draisci R. Determination of low boiling aldehydes in air and exhaust gases by using annular denuders combined with HPLC techniques. Chromatographia 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02311408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A, di Palo C, Buttini P, Liberti A. Fractionation of polar polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons present in industrial emissions and atmospheric samples and their determination by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)83522-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A, di Palo C, Brachetti A, Liberti A. Gas chromatographic evaluation of the organic components present in the atmosphere at trace levels with the aid of carbopack b for pre-concentration of the sample. J Chromatogr A 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)83521-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The response of an electron-capture detector designed for coulometric response was examined as a function of solute, pulse interval, carrier-gas type, solute amount, carrier-gas flow rate, and chromatographic-peak profile. For CCl3F, it was shown that the average numbers of electrons absorbed per molecule ranged from 1.0 to 4.1, varying primarily with pulse interval but also displaying a complex dependence on sample amount. Comparison of these results with theoretical expectations leads to the conclusion that a 1:1 "coulometric response" may not be observed under certain operating conditions. Because the specific conditions required depend on many variables, including, to some extent, sample amount, true coulometric operation of an electron-capture detector is difficult to establish and maintain. Effects which may contribute to the production of hypercoulometric response are critically discussed.
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- P Ciccioli
- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
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Liberti A, Ciccioli P, Cecinato A, Brancaleoni E, Di Palo C. Determination of nitrated-polyaromatic hydrocarbons (nitro-PAHs) in environmental samples by high resolution chromatographic techniques. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1002/jhrc.1240070709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Tappa R, Liberti A. An experimental method for testing the solvophobic theory by using graphitized carbon black in GC and LC. Chromatographia 1982. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02258932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Liberti A, Ciccioli P, Brancaleoni E, Cecinato A. Determination of polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorodibenzofurans in environmental samples by gas chromatography—mass spectrometry. J Chromatogr A 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)87252-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ciccioli P, Bertoni G, Brancaleoni E, Fratarcangeli R, Bruner F. Evaluation of organic pollutants in the open air and atmospheres in industrial sites using graphitized carbon black traps and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis with specific detectors. J Chromatogr A 1976; 126:757-70. [PMID: 977707 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)84118-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A method for evaluating the organic content of the atmosphere, involving the use of personal samplers, is described. A comparison of the performances of Tenax GC and Carbopack B is given in terms of sample recovery. Apparatus including selective columns, specific detectors and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is also described. Practical examples of the analysis of organic air pollutants trapped in the open air and the atmosphere in a chemical plant are discussed. A comparison of the results of complete gas chromatography and of the total hydrocarbon content is also made.
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Bruner F, Ciccioli P, Bertoni G. Analysis of sulphur compounds in environmental samples with specific detection and selective columns. J Chromatogr A 1976; 120:200-2. [PMID: 1270544 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)99013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bruner F, Ciccioli P, Bertoni G, Liberti A. Gas Chromatographic Characteristics and Analytical Applications of Micropacked Columns. J Chromatogr Sci 1974. [DOI: 10.1093/chromsci/12.12.758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Bruner F, Ciccioli P, Rastelli R. The determination of carbon monoxide in air in the parts per billion range by means of a helium detector. J Chromatogr A 1973; 77:125-9. [PMID: 4690605 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(00)93940-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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