Protein Information

Name muscles
Synonyms COX 7a M; COX VIIa M; COX7A; COX7A1; COX7A1 protein; COX7AH; COX7AM; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7a H…

Compound Information

Name DDT
CAS 1,1′-(2,2,2-trichloroethylidene)bis[4-chlorobenzene]

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
16839592 Kunisue T, Takayanagi N, Tsubota T, Tanabe S: Persistent organochlorines in raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) from Japan: Hepatic sequestration of oxychlordane. Chemosphere. 2007 Jan;66(2):203-11. Epub 2006 Jul 12.


In livers of RDs, CHLs were remarkably dominant (20 times higher than PCBs) followed by PCBs> DDTs> HCHs> HCB, whereas the chemicals in muscles were in the order of CHLs> PCBs> HCHs> DDTs> HCB.
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15491680 Lowe DA, Husom AD, Ferrington DA, Thompson LV: Myofibrillar myosin ATPase activity in hindlimb muscles from young and aged rats. Mech Ageing Dev. 2004 Sep;125(9):619-27.

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19344928 Waszak I, Dabrowska H: Persistent organic pollutants in two fish species of Percidae and sediment from the Sulejowski Reservoir in central Poland. Chemosphere. 2009 May;75(9):1135-43. Epub 2009 Apr 2.


Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), heptachlor, and DDTs were measured in the fish muscles.
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15914239 Sapozhnikova Y, Zubcov N, Hungerford S, Roy LA, Boicenco N, Zubcov E, Schlenk D: Evaluation of pesticides and metals in fish of the Dniester River, Moldova. Chemosphere. 2005 Jul;60(2):196-205.


Maximum total DDT pesticide concentrations were between 27.7 and 34.2 ng/g wet weight in muscles and gonads, respectively.
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18692207 Schnitzler JG, Koutrakis E, Siebert U, Thome JP, Das K: Effects of persistent organic pollutants on the thyroid function of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) from the Aegean sea, is it an endocrine disruption?. Mar Pollut Bull. 2008 Oct;56(10):1755-64. Epub 2008 Aug 8.


High concentrations in PCBs and DDT were detected in muscles, supporting the idea that the Mediterranean fauna could be more polluted than the Atlantic fauna.
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19103455 Kalyoncu L, Agca I, Aktumsek A: Some organochlorine pesticide residues in fish species in Konya, Turkey. Chemosphere. 2009 Feb;74(7):885-9. Epub 2008 Dec 21.


DDT and its metabolites and HCH were the predominant contaminants in fish muscles.
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15041284 Sapozhnikova Y, Bawardi O, Schlenk D: Pesticides and PCBs in sediments and fish from the Salton Sea, California, USA. Chemosphere. 2004 May;55(6):797-809.


DDE concentrations in fish muscles tissues were above the 50 ng/g concentration threshold for the protection of predatory birds.
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18963306 Tao S, Liu WX, Li XQ, Zhou DX, Li X, Yang YF, Yue DP, Coveney RM: Organochlorine pesticide residuals in chickens and eggs at a poultry farm in Beijing, China. Environ Pollut. 2009 Feb;157(2):497-502. Epub 2008 Oct 28.


Mean fresh weight concentrations of HCHs and DDTs were 0.122+/-0.061 ng/g and 0.051+/-0.038 ng/g in the muscles.
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17706387 Prochniewicz E, Thompson LV, Thomas DD: Age-related decline in actomyosin structure and function. . Exp Gerontol. 2007 Oct;42(10):931-8. Epub 2007 Jul 5.


Therefore, understanding the aging process requires systematic, multidisciplinary studies on physiological, biochemical, structural, and chemical changes in specific muscles.
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16334280 Saqib TA, Naqvi SN, Siddiqui PA, Azmi MA: Detection of pesticide residues in muscles, liver and fat of 3 species of Labeo found in Kalri and Haleji lakes. J Environ Biol. 2005 Jun;26(2 Suppl):433-8.

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15933379 Prochniewicz E, Thomas DD, Thompson LV: Age-related decline in actomyosin function. . J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2005 Apr;60(4):425-31.


To understand the molecular basis of the functional decline in aging muscle, we examined the functional (actomyosin ATPase) and chemical (cysteine content) changes in actin and myosin purified from the muscles of young (4- to 12-month-old) and old (27- to 35-month-old) Fisher 344 rats.
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17968448 Svendsen TC, Vorkamp K, Ronsholdt B, Frier JO: Organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in four geographically separated populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). J Environ Monit. 2007 Nov;9(11):1213-9. Epub 2007 Aug 14.


In general, elevated concentrations in the muscles compared to the liver were observed, especially in lipid depleted migrating salmon, possibly caused by a faster lipid depletion compared with the redistribution of PBDEs, PCBs and DDTs.
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17618385 Malik A, Singh KP, Ojha P: Residues of organochlorine pesticides in fish from the Gomti river, India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 2007 May;78(5):335-40. Epub 2007 Jul 7.


In the fish muscles Sigma OCPs ranged between 2.58-22.56 ng g (-1) (mean value: 9.66 +/- 5.60 ng g (-1)).
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16870232 Cheung KC, Leung HM, Kong KY, Wong MH: Residual levels of DDTs and PAHs in freshwater and marine fish from Hong Kong markets and their health risk assessment. Chemosphere. 2007 Jan;66(3):460-8. Epub 2006 Jul 25.


The overall concentrations of PAHs in marine fish species were 15.5-57.0 ng/g (axial muscle) and 18.1-118 ng/g wet wt (ventral muscle) where yellow seafin (Acanthopeyrus latus) and golden threadfin bream (Nemipterus virgatus) exhibited the highest concentrations of PAHs in the axial and ventral muscles, respectively.
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19789907 Hu G, Dai J, Mai B, Luo X, Cao H, Wang J, Li F, Xu M: Concentrations and Accumulation Features of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Baiyangdian Lake Freshwater Food Web of North China. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol. 2009 Sep 30.


The highest levels of HCHs and DDTs were observed in muscles of yellow catfish.
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18942543 Faruga A, Pudyszak K, Borejszo Z, Smoczynski SS, Pietrzak-Fiecko R: Studies on the effect of chlorinated hydrocarbons content in the compound animal feeding stuffs on the residues in turkey carcasses and efficiency of slaughter turkeys rearing. Pol J Vet Sci. 2008;11(3):213-8.


Chlorinated hydrocarbons were determined in: animal feeding stuffs compound (wheat, barley, meat meal, extracted soybean meal), turkey blood, breast muscles, skin with external fat, and in abdominal fat by means of gas chromatography with an electron capture detector (ECD).
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17420036 Zhou R, Zhu L, Kong Q: Persistent chlorinated pesticides in fish species from Qiantang River in East China. Chemosphere. 2007 Jun;68(5):838-47. Epub 2007 Apr 8.


Total concentrations of OCPs in fish muscles ranged from 7.43 to 143.79 ng g (-1) wet weight (ww) with highest concentration recorded in sole fish (Cynoglossus abbreviatus), a benthic carnivore.
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