In the past few years, improved methods of determining,
simultaneously, several PAH metabolites have been proposed
mainly for human biological samples.19 Nonetheless, until now,
works that include the determination of PAH metabolites in
foods are very limited.17 To the best of our knowledge,
concerning the determination of PAH hydroxylated metabolites
in cephalopod samples, no study was found. Furthermore, the
evaluation of PAH metabolites in several cephalopods species
will shed some light about the possibility of PAH detoxification
by these species. The available information is far from being
comprehensive.2