A Review of Halogenated Natural Products in Arctic, Subarctic and Nordic Ecosystems

Published

February 19, 2019

Author(s)

Terry Bidleman, Agneta Andersson, Liisa Jantunen, John Kucklick, Henrik Kylin, Robert Letcher, Mats Tysklind, Fiona Wong

Abstract

Halogenated natural products (HNPs) are organic compounds containing bromine, chlorine, iodine, and sometimes fluorine. HNPs comprises many classes of compounds, ranging in complexity from halocarbons (mostly halomethanes and haloethanes) to higher molecular weight compounds, which often contain oxygen and/or nitrogen atoms in addition to halogens (Ballschmiter, 2003; Gribble, 2003). Many HNPs are biosynthesized by marine bacteria, macroalgae, phytoplankton, tunicates, corals, worms, sponges and other invertebrates (Agarwal et al., 2014, 2015; Ballschmiter, 2003; Coutinho et al., 2018; Gribble, 2003, 2010, 2015; Vetter, 2006; Vetter and Gribble, 2007, Vetter et al., 2005; Wang et al., 2014). Terrestrial plants, lichens, bacteria and fungi also produce HNPs (Gribble, 2003) and they are found in freshwater environments (Bradley et al., 2011; Kim et al., 2014; Peng et al., 2015, 2016; Ueno et al., 2008). Thousands of HNP compounds have been discovered (Gribble, 2003, 2010, 2015; Peng et al., 2015, 2016; Vetter and Gribble, 2007).

Citation

Emerging Contaminants

Volume

5

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Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2019.02.007

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Keywords

arctic, emerging contaminant, bioaccumulation, physical property

Citation

Bidleman, T. , Andersson, A. , Jantunen, L. , Kucklick, J. , Kylin, H. , Letcher, R. , Tysklind, M. and Wong, F. (2019), A Review of Halogenated Natural Products in Arctic, Subarctic and Nordic Ecosystems, Emerging Contaminants, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emcon.2019.02.007, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=927223 (Accessed October 14, 2025)