Ambient Particulate Matter (PM) has been shown to be associated with cardiopulmonary diseases and lung cancer. Several groups of investigators have shown that the size of the airborne particles and their surface area determine the potential to elicit inflammatory injury and other mechanisms of adverse cellular effects. Because traffic is an important source of PM, it seems obvious that physicochemical characterization of vehicles exhaust emission has an important impact on both quantitative and qualitative aspects of ambient PM. In the present study the exhaust emissions of 8 vehicles of different categories were analyzed to attempt to differentiate them. For such purpose the particulate was collected on SPME fibers exposed to the exhaust emission for 150 s. The particulate was first characterized by micro-Raman spectroscopy and then subjected to Fast Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analyses for the chemical identification of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) compounds, the organic fraction of particulate matter in air pollution with a major role in the toxicity, notably via its effects on inflammation. Both the particle count and the PAHs compositional data were assembled to be interpreted by Principal Components Analysis. This multivariate analysis grouped the data according mainly to the naphthalene amount, as well as the volume concentration of the particles smaller than 0.5 µm, suggesting that the different exhaust emissions could be easily differentiated. With this new methodology, future research should aim at establishing a mechanism of formation during internal engine combustion processes in order to obtain a clearer picture of the inflammatory and carcinogenic mechanisms of PM in the lungs.

Physicochemical Characterization Of Exhaust Particulates From Gasoline And Diesel Engines By Solid-Phase Micro Extraction Sampling And Combined Raman Microspectroscopic/Fast Gas-Chromotography Mass Spectrometry Analysis / Pacenti, Marco; Lofrumento, C.; Dugheri, S.; Zoppi, A.; Borsi, I.; Speranza, A.; Boccalon, P.; Arcangeli, G.; Antoniucci, A.; Castellucci, E.M.; Cupelli, V.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION. - ISSN 1721-727X. - STAMPA. - 7:(2009), pp. 25-37.

Physicochemical Characterization Of Exhaust Particulates From Gasoline And Diesel Engines By Solid-Phase Micro Extraction Sampling And Combined Raman Microspectroscopic/Fast Gas-Chromotography Mass Spectrometry Analysis

PACENTI, MARCO;BOCCALON, PIERPAOLO;ARCANGELI, GIULIO;CUPELLI, VINCENZO
2009

Abstract

Ambient Particulate Matter (PM) has been shown to be associated with cardiopulmonary diseases and lung cancer. Several groups of investigators have shown that the size of the airborne particles and their surface area determine the potential to elicit inflammatory injury and other mechanisms of adverse cellular effects. Because traffic is an important source of PM, it seems obvious that physicochemical characterization of vehicles exhaust emission has an important impact on both quantitative and qualitative aspects of ambient PM. In the present study the exhaust emissions of 8 vehicles of different categories were analyzed to attempt to differentiate them. For such purpose the particulate was collected on SPME fibers exposed to the exhaust emission for 150 s. The particulate was first characterized by micro-Raman spectroscopy and then subjected to Fast Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analyses for the chemical identification of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) compounds, the organic fraction of particulate matter in air pollution with a major role in the toxicity, notably via its effects on inflammation. Both the particle count and the PAHs compositional data were assembled to be interpreted by Principal Components Analysis. This multivariate analysis grouped the data according mainly to the naphthalene amount, as well as the volume concentration of the particles smaller than 0.5 µm, suggesting that the different exhaust emissions could be easily differentiated. With this new methodology, future research should aim at establishing a mechanism of formation during internal engine combustion processes in order to obtain a clearer picture of the inflammatory and carcinogenic mechanisms of PM in the lungs.
2009
7
25
37
Pacenti, Marco; Lofrumento, C.; Dugheri, S.; Zoppi, A.; Borsi, I.; Speranza, A.; Boccalon, P.; Arcangeli, G.; Antoniucci, A.; Castellucci, E.M.; Cupel...espandi
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