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Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers

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Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDEs) are structurally similar to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), both which may be toxic polyhalogenated compounds and some PCDE congeners have been reported to cause toxic responses similar to those caused by some of the non-ortho-substituted PCBs, which are mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR).[1]

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General chemical structure of PCDEs, where the sum n+m ranges from 1 to 10
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The family of PCDEs consists of 209 possible substances, which are called congeners.

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