Chromatographic methods for carcinogenic/mutagenic nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Nitropolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (NPAHs), which are known to be carcinogenic and/or mutagenic, are considered to be one of the air pollutants that cause lung cancer. In the last two decades, a number of sensitive and selective methods have been developed for the determination of NPAHs and related compounds in environmental and biological samples. This paper describes the state of the art of the methods and applications. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Abbreviations used: DNA dinitroanthracene DNBi dinitrobiphenyl DNF dinitrofluorene DNFR dinitrofluoranthene DNN dinitronaphthelene DNP dinitropyrene NA nitroanthracene NBaP nitrobenzo[a]pyrne NC nitrochrysene NF nitrofluorene NN nitronaphthelene NFR nitrofluoranthene NP nitropyrene NPer nitroperylene NPh, nitrophenanthrene TeNP tetranitropyrene TriNP trinitropyrene