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Multiresidue analysis of pesticides in fruits and vegetables using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatographic methods

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2008
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Lal A.
Tan G.
Chai M.
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Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry
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A new extraction and cleanup procedure with gas chromatography was developed for the sensitive determination of acephate, dimethoate, malathion, diazinon, quinalphos, chlorpyrifos, profenofos, ?-endosulfan, ?-endosulfan, chlorothalonil and carbaryl using 1-chloro-4-fluorobenzene as an internal standard in fruits and vegetables. Several extracting and eluting solvents for solid-phase extraction were investigated. The overall extracting solvent with a mixture of acetone:ethyl acetate:hexane (10:80:10, v/v/v) and a eluting solvent of 5% acetone in hexane used with the RPC18 cartridge gave the best recovery for all of the investigated pesticides, and minimized the interference from co-extractants. Under the optimal extraction and clean-up conditions, recoveries of 85 - 99% with RSD < 5.0% (n = 3) for most of the pesticides at the 0.02-0.5 mg/kg level were obtained. The limit of detection was between 0.005-0.01 mg/kg and the limit of quantification was 0.01 mg/kg. This analytical procedure was characterized with high accuracy and acceptable sensitivity to meet requirements for monitoring pesticides in crops. 2008 � The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry.
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Chromatography, Gas , Food Analysis , Food Contamination , Fruit , Pesticides , Reproducibility of Results , Sensitivity and Specificity , Solid Phase Extraction , Time Factors , Vegetables , Acetone , Chromatographic analysis , Fruits , Gas chromatography , Hexane , Insecticides , Phase separation , Solvents , Vegetables , pesticide , Analytical procedure , Chromatographic methods , Fruits and vegetables , Internal standards , Limit of detection , Limit of quantifications , Multi-residue analysis , Solid-phase extraction , article , chemistry , food analysis , food contamination , fruit , gas chromatography , instrumentation , methodology , reproducibility , sensitivity and specificity , solid phase extraction , time , vegetable , Extraction
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