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 HCH
CAS 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
1839160 Ahmed MT, Ismail SM: Residues of organochlorine pesticides in fish, crab and sediment from El Temsah Lake, Suez Canal, Egypt and their effect on mitochondrial ATPase of the New Zealand white rabbit. J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 1991;66(5-6):557-75.


Residues of organochlorine pesticides were monitored in the muscles of Bolti fish Tilapia zillii, the crab Lupa pelagicus and sediment samples collected from El Temsah lake around Ismailia using gas liquid chromatography.
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3085378 Falandysz J: Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in herring from the southern Baltic, 1983. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch. 1986 Feb;182(2):131-5.

Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-benzenehexachloride (BHC, HCH), p,p'-DDE, o,p'-DDD, o,p'-DDT, p,p'-DDD and p,p'-DDT (sigma DDT) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) levels have been determined in muscle tissue of 187 herring (Clupea harengus) netted during 1983 in a different regions in the southern part of the Baltic Sea.
The levels of organochlorine pesticides determined in wet muscles or extractable lipids of herring are nearly 2-3 times as high as those noted in fish sampled in the same area in two years before, whilst for PCBs the wet weight levels were comparable, and when based on a lipid weight are somewhat higher.
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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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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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3936304 Falandysz J: Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in sprats from the southern Baltic, 1983. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch. 1985 Dec;181(6):482-5.


The levels of organochlorine pesticides reported are two to three times higher than those reported for wet muscles of sprats sampled in the same area two years before, whilst for PCB the levels differ slightly.
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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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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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3934867 Falandysz J: Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in flatfish from the southern Baltic, 1983. Z Lebensm Unters Forsch. 1985 Nov;181(5):370-4.


Generally, the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in wet muscle tissue of fish followed the increased lipids content of muscles.
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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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11999042 Kunisue T, Minh TB, Fukuda K, Watanabe M, Tanabe S, Titenko AM: Seasonal variation of persistent organochlorine accumulation in birds from Lake Baikal, Russia, and the role of the south Asian region as a source of pollution for wintering migrants. Environ Sci Technol. 2002 Apr 1;36(7):1396-404.


Concentrations of persistent organochlorines (OCs) such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), DDT and its metabolites (DDTs), hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCHs), and chlordane compounds (CHLs) were determined in whole body soft tissue homogenates and in muscles of resident and migratory birds collected from Lake Baikal, Russia.
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2471237 Gautam AK, Gandhi DN, Jani JP, Venkatakrishna-Bhatt H, Chowdhury AR: Histological and pharmacological changes in vas deferens of rats exposed to hexachlorocyclohexane. Res Commun Chem Pathol Pharmacol. 1989 Mar;63(3):463-6.

The effect of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) treatment in male albino rats at dosages of 3 and 6 mg/kg body weight by force-feeding were studied over a period of 180 days.
The contractility of muscles showed marked inhibition by in vitro study.
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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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