thiophanate and imidacloprid

A multi-residue method for the determination of 107 pesticide residues in wolfberry has been developed and validated. Similar pretreatment approaches were compared, and the linearity, matrix effect, analysis limits, precision, stability and accuracy were validated, which verifies the satisfactory performance of this new method. The LODs and LOQs were in the range of 0.14-1.91 µg/kg and 0.46-6.37 µg/kg, respectively. The recovery of analytes at three fortification levels (10 µg/kg, 50 µg/kg, 100 µg/kg) ranged from 63.3-123.0%, 72.0-118.6% and 67.0-118.3%, respectively, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) below 15.0%. The proposed method was applied to the analysis of fifty wolfberry samples collected from supermarkets, pharmacies and farmers' markets in different cities of Shandong Province. One hundred percent of the samples analyzed included at least one pesticide, and a total of 26 pesticide residues was detected in fifty samples, which mainly were insecticides and bactericide. Several pesticides with higher detection rates were 96% for acetamiprid, 82% for imidacloprid, 54% for thiophanate-methyl, 50% for blasticidin-S, 42% for carbendazim, 42% for tebuconazole and 36% for difenoconazole in wolfberry samples. This study proved the adaptability of the developed method to the detection of multiple pesticide residues in wolfberry and provided basis for the research on the risks to wolfberry health.

Topics: Benzimidazoles; Carbamates; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Humans; Liquid-Liquid Extraction; Lycium; Neonicotinoids; Nitro Compounds; Nucleosides; Pesticide Residues; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Thiophanate; Triazoles

An ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometric method (UPLC-MS/MS) was established for the simultaneous determination of imidacloprid, carbendazim, thiophanate-methyl, propamocarb, methomyl and dimethomorph residues in tomato paste. The samples were extracted by methanol-water (1: 1, v/v) containing 0.1% (v/v) acetic acid. The separation was performed on a Waters Acquity UPLC system with a BEH C18 column with the gradient elution of methanol and water (containing 10 mmol/L ammonium acetate). The six pesticides were determined in the modes of electrospray positive ionization (ESI+) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM). The analytes were quantified by matrix-matched standard solution, and the calibration curves showed good linearity within the concentrations of 0.005 to 0.2 mg/L and the correlation coefficients (r) were more than 0.995. The average recoveries of the six pesticides ranged from 66.8% to 102.9% in the three spiked levels of 0.02, 0.05 and 0.2 mg/kg. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) were all less than 15%. The limits of quantification (LOQ, S/N > 10) were 0.02 mg/kg for the all analytes. The results indicate that the method is easier, faster, more sensitive, and suitable for the qualitative and quantitative confirmation of the six pesticide residues from tomato paste.

Topics: Benzimidazoles; Carbamates; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Food Contamination; Imidazoles; Neonicotinoids; Nitro Compounds; Pesticide Residues; Solanum lycopersicum; Tandem Mass Spectrometry; Thiophanate