Aquatic plant metabolism pentachlorophenol

Roy S, O Hanninen (1994) Pentachlorophenol uptake/elimination kinetics and metabolism in an aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes. Environ Toxicol Chem 13 763-773. 

Pentachlorophenol is metabolized by the aquatic plant Eichhornia crassipes to a number of metabolites including di-, tri-, and tetra-chlorocatechol, 2,3,5-tri- and tetrachlorohydroquinone, pentachlo-roanisole, and tetrachloroveratrole (Roy and Hanninen 1994). The phenolic compounds should be compared with those produced during the photochemical (see Figure 4.4) and the initial stages in the microbiological metabolism of pentachlorophenol (Chapter 6, Section 6.5.1.2), followed by O-methylation (Section 6.11.4). 

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