Evaluation of Dioxin/Furan and Elements in Poultry from Zarqa Governorate, Jordan

Table 9

Average concentration of PCDD/Fs congeners in muscle samples (ng/kg).

	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	∑congeners
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzofuran	12.42 ± 1.83	15.16 ± 1.83	8.63 ± 0.55	12.36 ± 0.42	9.81 ± 1.83	16.15 ± 0.25	17.95 ± 0.75	7.70 ± 0.17	8.26 ± 0.11	9.13 ± 0.25	108.45
2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzeno-p-dioxin	0.50 ± 0.09	0.56 ± 0.06	0.68 ± 0.08	0.31 ± 0.08	0.56 ± 0.06	0.43 ± 0.07	0.43 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.09	0.56 ± 0.08	0.62 ± 0.04	4.78
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran	9.69 ± 3.67	19.81 ± 0.50	11.86 ± 0.33	9.38 ± 0.35	18.32 ± 0.45	14.66 ± 0.18	16.71 ± 0.19	13.98 ± 0.11	16.15 ± 0.25	14.35 ± 0.07	130.56
2,3,4,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzofuran	15.78 ± 0.25	16.46 ± 0.42	7.20 ± 0.75	17.64 ± 0.35	16.71 ± 0.35	13.85 ± 0.25	17.83 ± 0.55	15.40 ± 0.18	7.95 ± 0.35	17.27 ± 0.13	128.82
1,2,3,7,8-Pentachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	1.24 ± 0.09	1.30 ± 0.07	1.18 ± 0.05	1.30 ± 0.06	1.37 ± 0.09	1.12 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.08	1.12 ± 0.04	0.93 ± 0.07	1.24 ± 0.07	10.62
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	10.99 ± 0.51	9.50 ± 0.09	12.73 ± 0.25	8.63 ± 0.15	15.28 ± 0.08	10.31 ± 0.05	9.44 ± 0.06	9.07 ± 0.08	13.11 ± 0.05	7.58 ± 0.08	99.07
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	10.87 ± 0.33	10.37 ± 0.25	10.87 ± 0.35	17.58 ± 0.25	9.01 ± 0.15	10.19 ± 0.25	9.07 ± 0.06	16.96 ± 0.11	16.46 ± 0.15	8.63 ± 0.05	111.37
2,3,4,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	1.30 ± 0.25	0.93 ± 0.09	0.68 ± 0.25	1.06 ± 0.15	1.37 ± 0.06	1.49 ± 0.33	0.81 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.03	1.37 ± 0.05	1.18 ± 0.03	9.94
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzofuran	7.08 ± 0.35	8.07 ± 0.25	5.71 ± 0.09	6.02 ± 0.07	9.32 ± 0.05	12.30 ± 0.33	10.75 ± 0.11	6.34 ± 0.06	4.66 ± 0.07	10.62 ± 0.15	70.25
1,2,3,4,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	0.62 ± 0.07	1.18 ± 0.07	0.62 ± 0.11	0.93 ± 0.06	0.50 ± 0.07	0.81 ± 0.33	0.75 ± 0.05	1.24 ± 0.08	0.75 ± 0.05	0.56 ± 0.05	7.39
1,2,3,6,7,8-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	1.12 ± 0.05	1.30 ± 0.06	1.37 ± 0.03	1.18 ± 0.11	0.93 ± 0.07	1.74 ± 0.08	1.24 ± 0.05	1.68 ± 0.04	1.74 ± 0.03	1.43 ± 0.03	12.30
1,2,3,7,8,9-Hexachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	0.99 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.08	1.06 ± 0.06	1.06 ± 0.05	1.06 ± 0.03	1.06 ± 0.08	0.93 ± 0.05	0.81 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.05	0.75 ± 0.08	8.20
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzofuran	2.17 ± 0.07	4.29 ± 0.08	4.29 ± 0.09	2.80 ± 0.05	4.04 ± 0.05	3.11 ± 0.06	3.48 ± 0.03	3.73 ± 0.25	2.80 ± 0.11	3.79 ± 0.08	30.68
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-Heptachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	1.12 ± 0.05	1.43 ± 0.05	0.62 ± 0.06	1.24 ± 0.04	0.93 ± 0.15	1.18 ± 0.13	1.37 ± 0.05	1.12 ± 0.07	0.68 ± 0.05	1.12 ± 0.03	9.69
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-Heptachlorodibenzofuran	6.96 ± 0.06	13.66 ± 0.25	11.99 ± 0.09	7.45 ± 0.04	12.98 ± 0.17	9.81 ± 0.15	9.69 ± 0.13	7.45 ± 0.05	14.29 ± 0.06	16.02 ± 0.15	94.29
Octachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	ND±	0.00
Octachlorodibenzofuran	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.03	0.12 ± 0.03	0.56
∑Congeners	82.92 ± 0.45	104.72 ± 0.40	79.57 ± 0.33	89.01 ± 0.23	102.24 ± 0.27	98.26 ± 0.62	101.55 ± 0.20	88.32 ± 0.29	90.37 ± 0.18	94.41 ± 0.25	836.96

The number given in bold is to show the highest sum between all.