{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["84(11)"],"submitter":["Terajima T"],"pubmed_abstract":["Persistent organic chemicals are non-biodegradable in nature and have a tendency to bioaccumulate in the top organisms of the food chain. We measured persistent organic chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and benzotriazole-based ultraviolet stabilizers (UV-BTs), in the serum of captive king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector and mass spectrometry to examine their age-related accumulation. PCBs, DDE, UV-PS, and UV-9 were detected in the blood of captive king penguins, and the concentrations of total PCBs, DDE, and UV-9 were positively correlated with age. These results suggest that there is a similar age-related accumulation of persistent organic chemicals in marine birds in the wild, and that older individuals are at a higher risk of contamination."],"journal":["The Journal of veterinary medical science"],"pagination":["1551-1555"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9705817"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Age-related accumulation of persistent organic chemicals in captive king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)."],"pmcid":["PMC9705817"],"pubmed_authors":["Terajima T","Nagaoka K","Takada H","Kobayashi S","Watanabe G","Mizukawa K","Nakano Y","Shibahara A","Godwin JR"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Age-related accumulation of persistent organic chemicals in captive king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus).","description":"Persistent organic chemicals are non-biodegradable in nature and have a tendency to bioaccumulate in the top organisms of the food chain. We measured persistent organic chemicals, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), and benzotriazole-based ultraviolet stabilizers (UV-BTs), in the serum of captive king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) using gas chromatography with an electron capture detector and mass spectrometry to examine their age-related accumulation. PCBs, DDE, UV-PS, and UV-9 were detected in the blood of captive king penguins, and the concentrations of total PCBs, DDE, and UV-9 were positively correlated with age. These results suggest that there is a similar age-related accumulation of persistent organic chemicals in marine birds in the wild, and that older individuals are at a higher risk of contamination.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Nov","modification":"2025-04-26T12:29:04.65Z","creation":"2025-04-06T14:01:22.582Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9705817","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36198610"],"doi":["10.1292/jvms.22-0245"]}}