G. Rimkus, M. Wolf
Feb 1, 1995
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Quality indicators
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Chemosphere
Abstract
Abstract The nitro musks - musk xylene, musk ketone, musk ambrette, musk moskene, and musk tibetene - are intensively used as fragrances in cosmetics and detergents. The residue analysis (clean-up and GC/ECD analysis) of nitro musks in biota from freshwater and marine environment is described. In particular musk xylene and musk ketone were determined in a total of 145 samples of fish, mussels and shrimps originating from domestic and foreign aquacultures, some rivers in northern Germany, from Baltic Sea and North Sea coast. The residue levels ranged from