Monograph, Reviews:

N.Kannan (2000) Non-ortho and mono-ortho substituted PCBs in: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. volume 3 series: Anthropogenic compounds. Volume Editor: J.Paasivirta, Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Chapter 6, pp. 127-156)

Tatsukawa,R., Yamaguchi, Y., Kawano,M., Kannan,N. & Tanabe,S. (1990) Global monitoring of organochlorine insecticides - an 11-year case study (1975-1985) of HCHs and DDTs in the open ocean atmosphere and hydrosphere. In: Long range transport of pesticides (eds) D.Kurtz & A. Lewis. Chelsea, Michigan, USA. pp.127-41.

Tanabe,S., Kannan,N., Fukushima,M., Okamoto,T., Wakimoto,T. & Tatsukawa,R. (1989). Persistent organochlorines in the Japanese coast: An introspective inquiry from a far east developed nation. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 20, 344-352.

Kannan,N & Jayaraman,J. (1979) Pesticide residues - Chemodynamics. J.Tamilnadu Sci. Acad. 3, 60-67.

On Analytical Method Development

Kannan,N & Jayaraman,J. (1980) Residues of methyl parathion, fenitrothion and malathion. In. Pesticide Residues in the Environment in India. (eds.) Edwards, C.A., Veeresh, G.K. & Kruegar, H.R. UAS, publications, Bangalore, India. pp. 244- 251.

Kannan, N., Tanabe, S., Wakimoto, T. & Tatsukawa, R. (1987) Coplanar PCBs in Aroclors and Kanechlor mixtures. J. Assoc. Off. Anal. Chem., 70, 451-454.

Kannan, N., Petrick, G., Schulz, D., Duinker, J., Boon, J., van Arnhem, E., & Jansen, S. (1991). A comparison between activated charcoals and multidimensional GC in the separation and determination of (non-ortho Cl substituted) toxic chlorobiphenyls. Chemosphere, 23, 1055-1076.

Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schultz-Bull,D.E & Duinker,J.C. (1993) Chromatographic techniques in accurate analysis of chlorobiphenyls. J.Chromatgr. 642, 425-434

N.Kannan, U.H.Yim, S.H.Hong, W.J.Shim, D.H.Li and J.R.Oh (2005) PYE [2-(1-pyrenyl)ethyldimethysilylated silica] column HPLC and HR-GC- (micro) ECD in the accurate determination of toxic co-planar PCBs and Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. 26, 529-536.

N.Kannan, S.H.Hong, J.R.Oh (2005) Quantitation of Co-planar PCBs in 20 Different Commercial PCB Mixtures using Multi Dimensional Gas Chromatography and Electron Donor-Acceptor High-Performance Liquid Chromatography. Bull. Environ.Contam.Toxicol. 75:897–902, 2005

On Bio-geo chemical Monitoring

Kannan,N., Anbalagan,K. & Jayaraman,J. (1980) Impact monitoring of pesticide residues: Rice plant (Oryzae sativa). Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (plant sci.) 189, 123-130.

Ono,M., Kannan,N., Wakimoto,T. & Tatsukawa,R. (1987). Dibenzofurans a greater global pollutant than dioxins ? Evidence from analyses of open ocean killer whale. Marine Pollut. Bull. 18, 640-643.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R., Okamoto,T. & Phillips, D.J.H. (1988). Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution in an urban aquatic environment. In: Pollution in the urban environment. Polmet 88, (eds) Hills et al. Vincent Blue Copy Co. Ltd. Hong Kong, Vol. II pp. 444-449.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R. & Phillips, D.J.H. (1989). Persistency of highly toxic coplanar PCBs in aquatic ecosystems. Uptake and release kinetics of coplanar PCBs in green-lipped mussel ( Perna viridis Linnaeus). Environ. Pollut. 56, 65-76.

Kannan, N., Tanabe, S., Ono, M. & Tatsukawa, R. (1989). Critical evaluation of PCB toxicity in Terrestrial and marine mammals: Increasing impact of non-ortho and mono-ortho coplanar PCBs from land to ocean. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 18, 850-857.

Schulz-Bull, D.E., Petrick,G., Kannan,N., Duinker,J.C. (1995) Distribution of individual chlorobiphenyls (PCB) in solution and suspension in the Baltic sea. Marine Chemistry . 48, 245-270.

N.Kannan., N.Yamashita., G.Petrick and J.C.Duinker (1998) Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Nonylphenols in the Sea of Japan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32, 1747-1753.

Bruhn,R., N.Kannan, G.Petrick, D.E.Schulz-Bull., J.C.Duinker (1999) Persistent organic contaminants in harbour porpoises from the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and Arctic waters. Sci. Total Environ. (237-238, 351-361).

On Human Health

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S. & Tatsukawa,R. (1988). Potentially hazardous residues of non-ortho chlorine substituted coplanar PCBs in human adipose tissue. Arch. Environ. Health. 43, 11-14.

Tanabe, S., Kannan,N., Okamoto, T., Wakimoto., Tatsukawa, R. & Masuda, Y. (1989) Isomer-specific determination and toxic evaluation of potentially hazardous coplanar PCBs, dibenzofurans and dioxins in the tissues of 'Yusho' PCB poisoning victim and in the causal oil. Toxicol. Environ. Chem. 24, 215-231.

On Biochemistry and Metabolism

Kannan, N., Wakimoto, T. & Tatsukawa, R. (1989). Possible involvement of frontier (p) electrons in the metabolism of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Chemosphere 18, 9-10, 1955-1963.

Boon, J.P., van Arnhem, E., Jansen, S., Kannan, N., Petrick, G., Schulz, D., Duinker, J., Reijnders, P.J.H., Goksoyr, A. The toxicokinetics of PCBs in marine mammals with special reference to possible interactions of individual congeners with the cytochrome P-450 dependent monooxygenase system - an overview. In: Persistent pollutants in marine ecosystems (eds) C.H.Walker and D.R.Livingstone, Pergamon Press, New York 1992. pp. 119-159.

Bruhn,R., Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Duinker,J.C. (1995) CB pattern in the harbour porpoise: Bioaccumulation, metabolism and evidence for Cytochrome P450 IIB activity. Chemosphere 31, 3721-3732.

Kodavanti, P.R.S, N.Kannan, N.Yamashita, E.C.Derr-Yellin, T.R.Ward, D.E.Burgin, H.A.Tilson and L.S.Birnbaum (2001) Differential effects of two lots of Aroclor 1254: Congener-specific analysis and neurochemical endpoints. Environmental Health Perspective (109, 1153-1161)

Burgin, D.E., J.J.Diliberto, E.C.Derr-Yellin, N.Kannan, P.R.S.Kodavanti and L.S.Birnbaum (2001) Differential effects of two lots of Aroclor 1254: Enzyme induction, thyroid hormones and oxidative stress. Environmental Health Perspective (109, 1163-1168)

On Risk Assessment

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S. & Tatsukawa, R. (1988). Toxic potential of mono-ortho and non-ortho coplanar PCBs in commercial PCB preparations: "2,3,7,8-T4CDD Toxicity Equivalence Factors Approach". Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 267-275.

Kannan,N., Reusch,T.B.H., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Petrick,G., Duinker,J.C (1995) Chlorobiphenyls: Model compounds for metabolism in food chain organisms and their potential use as ecotoxicological stress indicators by application of the metabolic slope concept. Environ. Sci. Technol. 29, 1851-1859

Papers presented in national/international conferences:

Kannan,N. & Jayaraman,J. Movement of insecticides in rice plant. 48th Annual meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India. Industrial Toxicological Research Centre, Lucknow, India. Oct,19,1979.

Kannan, N. & Jayaraman, J. Chemodynamics of pesticides in tropical environment. National Symposium on Environmental Biochemistry. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Apr. 11, 1983.

Kannan,N. & Jayaraman,J. Impact monitoring of Organophosphorous insecticides in Tropical plants. National Seminar on Assessment and Management of Pollution. Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Feb,4,1984.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Wakimoto,T. & Tatsukawa, R. A simple method for determining non-ortho chlorine substituted PCBs in Kanechlors, Aroclors and Environmental Samples. 6th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds. Fukuoka, Japan. Sep, 16-19,1986.

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Subramanian,An., Watanabe,S., Ono,M. & Tatsukawa,R. Highly toxic coplanar congeners of PCBs in marine vertebrates. Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries. Kochi, Japan. Oct,3-4,1986.

Kannan,N. New studies on extremely toxic coplanar PCBs in the environment. Summer school for a multidisciplinary assessment of environmental risks for human health. Siena, Italy, Sep. 7-18, 1987.

Tanabe,S., Watanabe,S., Kannan,N. & Tatsukawa,R. Induction of drug metabolizing enzymes in wildlife by PCBs. Studies on cetaceans. Symposium on Environmental Sciences, Tokyo, Japan, November, 1987. Absract p.106

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R., Okamoto,T. & Phillips, D.J.H. Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution in urban aquatic environment: Uptake and release kinetics of PCB isomers and bioaccumulation potential of extremely toxic coplanar PCBs in green-lipped mussels in Hong-Kong waters. POLMET 88 Hong Kong, Nov.28-Dec.2 1988 (pp. 444-449).

Kannan,N., Tanabe,S., Tatsukawa,R. Potential Toxic impact of Coplanar PCBs to wildlife and humans : A new outlook for evaluation of PCB problems. Dioxin '88 Umea, Sweden, Aug.21- 26, 1988. Abstract p. 226

Kannan,N., Tanabe,T. & Tatsukawa,R. Biological enrichment of extremely toxic coplanar PCBs: Reevaluation of PCB toxicity through T4CDD equivalent analysis. Annual Congress of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan, Matsuyama, Japan, Oct. 11-12, 1988.

Kannan, N., Tanabe, S., Tatsukawa, R. & Phillips, D.J.H. Kinetics of toxic PCBs in lower aquatic organisms and their bioaccumulation. SETAC '89, Toronto, Canada, Oct.28 - Nov.2, 1989. Abstract p. 273.

Kannan, N., Petrick, G., Schulz, D.E., Boon, J.P., van Arnhem, E., & Jansen, S. Multidimensional GC and charcoal separation techniques in the determination of non-ortho Cl chlorobiphenyls - a comparison. 10th International Conference on Organohalogen Compounds, Bayreuth, Germany, September 10-14, 1990

Reusch,T., Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull,D., Petrick,G & Duinker,J.C. A congener-specific approach to the distribution, bioaccumulation and toxicity of chlorobiphenyls (CBs) in a coastal ecosystem. 12th International Symposium on Chlorinated Dioxins and Related Compounds. 24-28 August 1992, Tampere, Finland.

Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull, D.E., Petrick,G., Duinker,J.C. An integrated approach towards understanding the biotransformation of chlorinated biphenyls (CBs) and the degree of MFO induction in coastal fauna from an accurate measurement of CBs in sea water. Dioxin ‘94 14th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, PCB and related compounds, Kyoto, Japan. November 1994. Short papers, Eds. (H.Fiedler, O.Hutzinger, �.Bergman, M.Oehme, Sub.Ramamoorthy, S.Sakai), Kyoto University, Vol. 20, pp.455-458, 1994.

Kannan,N., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Petrick,G., Duinker,J.C. Potential use of chlorinated biphenyls (CBs) as indicators of biological activity and ecotoxicological stress in the marine environment. Dioxin ‘95 15th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, and related compounds, Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 21-25, 1995.

Kannan,N., Bruhn,R., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Duinker,J.C. Multidimensional gaschromatographic techniques in the advancement of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) determination. Dioxin ‘96. 16th International symposium on chlorinated dioxins, and related compounds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Aug. 11-16, 1996. Short papers. Eds. (Olie,K., Louw,R.,Altwicker,E., Born,J., Denison,M., Hutzinger,O., Karasek,F., de Leer,E., Liem, D., Patterson,D., Rappe, C., Ryan, J., Startin,J., Steiglitz,L., de Voogt, P., van Zorge,J) Vol. 27, pp.372-375. 1996.

Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull.., Duinker,J.C. 1997 Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) pollution in Japan Sea. 3rd International Ocean Pollution Symposium, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Florida, USA, April 6-11, 1977.

Yamashita,N., Imagawa,T., Kannan,N. 1998 Estimated total amounts of PCDDs/Fs and PCBs in the whole sea water of Tokyo Bay. 8th Annual meeting of SETAC-Europe, 14-18 April 1998, Bordeaux-France.

Bruhn,R., Kannan,N., Petrick,G., Schulz-Bull,D.E., Duinker,J.C. 1998 Pesticides and PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in harbour porpoises of North Sea, Baltic Sea and Arctic waters. International symposium on Marine pollution, Monaco, 5-9 October 1998. Extended synopsis. pp: 75-76.

Kodavanti,P.R., Kannan,N., Yamashita,N., Ward,T, Linda,B., Tilson,H 1999.Differential effects of Aroclor 1254 mixtures with two lot numbers: Intercellular calcium buffering and protein kinase C translocation. March 14-19, 1999. Annual Meeting Society of Toxicology, Savoy, IL, USA.

Kannan, N. 2000, Panel Member on Futures of Education and Technology, and on Environment. International Seminar on Sustainable Futures, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India. December 18-20, 2000.

Kannan, N. 2001. Toxic congeners in global PCB mixtures and their biological effects with reference to two unusual mixtures. Seminar at the Department of Marine Chemistry, Baltic Sea Research Institute, Warnemunde, Germany. June 14, 2001.

Kannan,N. 2003. Recent advancement in deep water sampling and analysis of Environmental Chemicals. Invited Talk. 10th Asian Chemical Congress and 8th Eurasia Conference on Chemical Sciences in Hanoi, Vietnam October 21-24, 2003.

Kannan, N., Yamashita, N., Petrick,G., W.J.Shim., J.R.Oh 2004. Use of anthropogenic chemical signals in understanding ocean processes: (a case study in the East Sea). Spring meeting of the Korean Society of Oceanography, Pusan, Republic of Korea, May 13-14, 2004.

Kannan, N., Oh, J.R. 2004. Mussels as bioindicators of PCB pollution – uptake and depuration in Green-lipped Mussels (Perna viridis Linnaeus) in comparison to in-situ water sampling using PCBs as model compounds. 1st Korea-USA workshop on trend of research on Shellfish: Diseases, Genetics, Physiology and Ecology, Jeju, Korea, October 3-6, 2004.