Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Some aspects of the chemistry and acute toxicity of the iron ore flotation agent dimethyl ammonium alkyl hydroxamate and some related compounds to brook trout

  • Published:
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Dimethyl ammonium alkyl hydroxamate (DMAH) was lethal to brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) at concentrations as low as 4.5 mg/l. Since DMAH consisted of a number of molecular species in equilibrium, experiments were conducted with several of them in an attempt to evaluate their contribution to its toxicity. Of the compounds tested dimethylamine proved to be non-toxic, hydroxylamine was as lethal as DMAH (on a molar basis) and NaC10 hydroxamate was 5–10 times more toxic than hydroxylamine or DMAH. These results suggested that although hydroxylamine may have played a small part in the toxicity of DMAH, the hydroxamate group appeared to be the major lethal component.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Frommer, D. W. J. Amer. Oil Chem. Soc.47, 189, (1970).

    Google Scholar 

  2. Strel'tsin, V. G., Khobotova, N. P. Chem. Abst.70, 117275e.

  3. Gorlorskii, S. I., Khobotova, N. P., Shchukina, N. E. Chem. Abst.69, 98604x, (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Gorlorskii, S. I., Khobotova, N. P., Shchukina, N. E. Chem. Abst.66, 4983g, (1967).

    Google Scholar 

  5. Gorlorskii, S. I., Khobotova, N. P., Shchukina, N. E. Chem. Abst.65, 363b, (1966).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Acosta, C. O. and Pallares, E. S. Rev. col. farm nacl (Argentine),10, 87–88, (1943).

    Google Scholar 

  7. Blatt, A. H. Organic Syntheses, Collective Vol. 2, New York, Wiley & Sons Inc. p. 67–68, (1943).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Fishbein, W. N., Daly, J., and Streeter, C. L. Anal. Biochem.28, 13–24, (1969).

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Finney, D. J. Probit Analysis, Second Edition, Cambridge University Press (1952).

    Google Scholar 

  10. Mount, D. I. and Warner, R. E. U. S. Public Health Serv. Pub. No. 999-WP-23, 16 p., (1965).

  11. Burke, W. D. and Ferguson, D. E. Trans. Am. Fisheries Soc.97, 498, (1968).

    Google Scholar 

  12. Herbert, D. W. M. and Downing, K. M. Ann. Appl. Biol.43, 237, (1955).

    Google Scholar 

  13. Neil, J. H. “Some effects of potassium cyanide on speckled trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)”. Fourth Ontario Industrial Waste Conference, Ontario Water Resources Commission, (1957).

  14. Fletcher, G. L. and Hoyle, R. J. J. Fish. Biol. In press. (1971).

  15. McFarland, W. M. Calif. Fish and Game.44, 291, (1958).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. G. L. Fletcher

    Present address: Marine Sciences Research Laboratory, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Fisheries Research Board of Canada Marine Ecology Laboratory, Bedford Institute, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

    G. L. Fletcher & R. F. Addison

Authors
  1. G. L. Fletcher
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. R. F. Addison
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Fletcher, G.L., Addison, R.F. Some aspects of the chemistry and acute toxicity of the iron ore flotation agent dimethyl ammonium alkyl hydroxamate and some related compounds to brook trout. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 7, 147–159 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01684806

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01684806

Keywords

Search

Navigation