Particle characterization and toxicity in C57BL/6 mice following instillation of five different diesel exhaust particles designed to differ in physicochemical properties

Table 3 Summary of PAH content (μg/g) in the PM samples. A full list of all PAH derivatives can be found in Additional file A

Particles	DEP			HVO	RME	NIST2975
Fuel	MK1 low sulfur diesel			Hydrotreated vegetable oil	Rapeseed methyl ester
Intake O₂%	9.7	13	17	13	13	–
Native PAHs	23,700	2470	858	9960	1180	52
Alkyl-PAHs	400	483	77	644	150	7
DBTs	47	78	128	86	94	10
Nitro-PAHs	131	21	8	65	40	34
Oxy-PAHs	2490	1450	314	2630	596	265
Total PAHs	26,800	4500	1390	13,400	2060	369
BaPeq^a (μg/g)	4685	165	59	1067	60	3

^aSum of BaPeq for 12 PAH (see Additional file L) out of in total 63 different measured PAHs and PAH derivatives

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