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Arsenobetaine is a significant arsenical constituent of the red Antarctic alga Phyllophora antarctica

Arsenobetaine is a significant arsenical constituent of the red Antarctic alga Phyllophora... Environmental context. Although arsenic occurs in marine animals at high concentrations, the pathways by which it is biotransformed and accumulated remain largely unknown. The observation that some species of algae can contain significant concentrations of arsenobetaine, a major marine arsenic species, is relevant to explanations of the source of this compound to marine animals and its transport through the marine food web. Abstract. Significant amounts of arsenobetaine (up to 0.80 μg As g –1 dry mass, representing 17% of the extractable arsenic) were found in the extracts of all four samples of the red alga Phyllophora antarctica collected from two sites in Antarctica (Terra Nova Bay and Cape Evans). The assignment was made with high performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS) based on exact cochromatography with a standard compound with two chromatographic systems (cation-exchange and ion-pairing reversed-phase), each run under two sets of mobile phase conditions. Particular care was taken during sample preparation to ensure that the arsenobetaine was of algal origin and did not result from epiphytes associated with the alga. Another red alga, Iridaea cordata , collected from Terra Nova Bay, did not contain detectable concentrations of arsenobetaine. For both algal species, the majority of the extractable arsenic was present as arsenosugars. Confirmation that marine algae can contain significant amounts of arsenobetaine allows a simpler explanation for the widespread occurrence of this arsenical in marine animals. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Chemistry CSIRO Publishing

Arsenobetaine is a significant arsenical constituent of the red Antarctic alga Phyllophora antarctica

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CSIRO Publishing
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1448-2517
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10.1071/EN08025
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Abstract

Environmental context. Although arsenic occurs in marine animals at high concentrations, the pathways by which it is biotransformed and accumulated remain largely unknown. The observation that some species of algae can contain significant concentrations of arsenobetaine, a major marine arsenic species, is relevant to explanations of the source of this compound to marine animals and its transport through the marine food web. Abstract. Significant amounts of arsenobetaine (up to 0.80 μg As g –1 dry mass, representing 17% of the extractable arsenic) were found in the extracts of all four samples of the red alga Phyllophora antarctica collected from two sites in Antarctica (Terra Nova Bay and Cape Evans). The assignment was made with high performance liquid chromatography–inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS) based on exact cochromatography with a standard compound with two chromatographic systems (cation-exchange and ion-pairing reversed-phase), each run under two sets of mobile phase conditions. Particular care was taken during sample preparation to ensure that the arsenobetaine was of algal origin and did not result from epiphytes associated with the alga. Another red alga, Iridaea cordata , collected from Terra Nova Bay, did not contain detectable concentrations of arsenobetaine. For both algal species, the majority of the extractable arsenic was present as arsenosugars. Confirmation that marine algae can contain significant amounts of arsenobetaine allows a simpler explanation for the widespread occurrence of this arsenical in marine animals.

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Environmental Chemistry – CSIRO Publishing

Published: Jun 19, 2008

Keywords: algae, arsenic, marine ecosystems, speciation.

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