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Table 2 Organic compounds from wood combustion emissions. Organic compounds were sampled over 4-h exposure. Concentrations are calculated as averages from three test cycles ± standard deviation

From: Influence of wood species on toxicity of log-wood stove combustion aerosols: a parallel animal and air-liquid interface cell exposure study on spruce and pine smoke

Parameter

TEF

spruce (μg m-3)

TEQ

pine (μg m-3)

TEQ

PAH

 Benzo [a]pyrene

1

2.10 ± 0.79

2.1

6.6 ± 3.4

6.6

 Dibenz [ah]anthracene

1

0.13 ± 0.039

0.13

0.42 ± 0.043

0.42

 Dibenzo [al]pyrene

10

1 ± 0.48

10

2.7 ± 1.4

27

 Dibenzo [ae]pyrene

1

0.33 ± 0.21

0.33

0.76 ± 0.67

0.76

 Dibenzo [ai]pyrene

10

0.13 ± 0.06

1.3

0.36 ± 0.37

3.6

 Dibenzo [ah]pyrene

10

0.091 ± 0.051

0.91

0.2 ± 0.21

2

alkyl-PAH

 9-Methylphenanthrene

 

0.29 ± 0.42

 

0.41 ± 0.58

 

 3,6-Dimethylphenanthrene

 

0.005 ± 0.008

 

0.006 ± 0.009

 

 Retene

 

0.26 ± 0.21

 

0.61 ± 0.03

 

 7,12-Dimethyl-Benzo [a]anthracene

 

0.14 ± 0.075

 

0.21 ± 0.3

 

 1-Methylbenzo [a]anthracene

 

0.018 ± 0.011

 

0.033 ± 0.047

 

o-PAH

 9H-Fluoren-9-one

 

12 ± 6.6

 

38 ± 27

 

 1H-Phenalen-1-one

 

85 ± 22

 

180 ± 130

 

Carbonyls

 formaldehyde

 

377 ± 49

 

311 ± 28

 

 acetaldehyde

 

206 ± 64

 

152 ± 21

 

 acrolein

 

16.6 ± 1.2

 

14.9 ± 0.7

 

Anhydrosugars

 Galactose

 

0.095 ± 0.04

 

0.35 ± 0.15

 

 Mannose

 

0.28 ± 0.053

 

0.62 ± 0.13

 

 Levoglucose

 

3.5 ± 1.9

 

4.9 ± 3.6

 

Resin acids

 Isopimaric acid

 

0.005 ± 0.006

 

0.003 ± 0.002

 

 Dehydroabietic acid, methyl ester

 

0.029 ± 0.029

 

0.049 ± 0.007

 

 Dehydroabietic acid

 

1.1 ± 1

 

1.4 ± 0.25

 

 Abietic acid

 

0.012 ± 0.004

 

0.024 ± 0.006

 
  1. TEF Toxic Equivalency Factor, TEQ Toxic Equivalents.