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Application of chemometric techniques in studies of toxicity of selected commercially available products for infants and children
Abstract
The goal of the present study is to assess the impact of the experimental conditions for extraction procedures (time of extraction, thermal treatment and type of extraction media) as applied to several baby and infant products checked for their possible ecotoxicological response when tested by various ecotoxicity tests(Microtox®, Ostracodtoxkit F™and Xenoscreen YES/YAS™). The systems under consideration are multidimensional by nature and, therefore, the appropriate assessment approach was intelligent data analysis (chemometrics). Hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA) and principal component analysis (PCA) were selected as reliable data mining methods for the interpretation of the ecotoxicity data. We show that the different experimental conditions have a significant impact on the ecotoxicity levels observed, especially those measured by Microtox® and Ostracodtoxkit F™ tests. The time of contact proves to be a very significant factor for all extraction media and ecotoxicity test procedures. The present study is a pioneering effort to offer a specific expert approach for analysing links between the type of test measurement methodology and imposed experimental conditions to mimic real-life circumstances in the use of baby and infant products.
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Miroslava Nedyalkova
- University of Sofia Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
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Vasil Simeonov
- University of Sofia Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
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- Articles
- Type:
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
no. 189,
pages 1 - 13,
ISSN: 0167-6369 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Bibliographic description:
- Szczepańska N., Kudłak B., Nedyalkova M., Simeonov V., Namieśnik J.: Application of chemometric techniques in studies of toxicity of selected commercially available products for infants and children// ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT. -Vol. 189, nr. 309 (2017), s.1-13
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s10661-017-6007-2
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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