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3062854 
Technical Report 
The degradation of DDT and its degradative products by reduced iron (III) porphyrins and ammonia 
Quirke, JME; Marei, ASM; Eglinton, G 
1979 
PESTAB/79/1555 
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PESTAB. DDT and its metabolites DDD, DDE, DBP and DDA were incubated in the dark with hematin, ammonia, iron(II) sulphate, iron(III)sulphate, hematoporphyrin, sodium carbonate and sodium dithionate in various carbonate and ammonia produced DDA. DDE was seen to be the final degradation product of DDT when incubated with hematin and ammonia. DDD (TDE) reacted to yield DDA, DDMU and DBP. Hematoporphyrin did not degrade DDT; however, DDT was converted to DDD by iron salts.