Enantioselective accumulation of chiral polychlorinated biphenyls in lotus plant (Nelumbonucifera spp.)

- Enantioselective accumulation of chiral PCBs in lotus plants was investigated.
- The atropisomeric optical rotation of PCBs 91 and 95 were identified.
- Preferential accumulation of (−)-enantiomers of PCBs 91, 95 and 136 from sediment.
- Non-enantioselective accumulation for PCBs 149, 176 and 183 via root uptake.