Pesticide Residues and Harmful Organic Pollutants In Some Freshwater Fishes From Matlab Floodplain Area, Bangladesh

Authors

  • Maria Zaman Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • M Niamul Naser Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
  • Mozaffar Hossain Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • Moazzem Husain Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • Aminul Islam Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • Kazi Azizul Islam Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
  • Nasim Sultana Analytical Research Division, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (BCSIR), Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v40i1.12899

Keywords:

Organochlorine pesticide residue, organic pollutants, fish, floodplain area

Abstract

The level of organochlorine pesticide residues (OCPs), viz. ?-, ?-, ?-BHC,heptachlor, aldrin, heptachlor epoxide isomer B, dieldrin, 4,4-DDE, endrin, 2,4-DDD, 4,4-DDT, 4,4-DDD, 2,4-DDT in fish samples from Matlab floodplain areas were determined. The fish samples were extracted with ethyl acetate, the extracts were cleaned up by sulphuric acid treatment and analyzed by gas chromatograph (GC) fitted with electron captured detector and gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS). The result showed that none of the studied fishes contained organochlorine pesticide residues but consist some other harmful organic contaminants in tissues.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v40i1.12899

Bangladesh J. Zool. 40(1): 101-108, 2012

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Published

2012-12-10

How to Cite

Zaman, M., Naser, M. N., Hossain, M., Husain, M., Islam, A., Islam, K. A., & Sultana, N. (2012). Pesticide Residues and Harmful Organic Pollutants In Some Freshwater Fishes From Matlab Floodplain Area, Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Zoology, 40(1), 101–108. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjz.v40i1.12899

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 1 (2012)

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