Simultaneous extraction and determination of various pesticides in environmental waters

A simple and rapid method was developed for the simultaneous analysis of nine different pesticides in water samples by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry. A number of parameters that may affect the recovery of pesticides, such as the type of solid‐phase extraction cartridge, eluting solvent in single or combination and their volumes, and water pH value were investigated. It showed that three solid‐phase extraction cartridges (Strata‐X, Oasis HLB, and ENVI‐18) produced the greatest recovery while ethyl acetate/dichloromethane/acetone (45:10:45, 12 mL) followed by dichloromethane (6 mL) was efficient in eluting target pesticides from solid‐phase extraction cartridges. Different water pH values (4–9) did not show a significant effect on the pesticides recovery. The optimized method was verified by performing spiking experiments with a series of concentrations (0.002–10 μg/L) in waters, with good linearity, recovery, and reproducibility for most compounds. The limit of detection and limit of quantification of this optimized method were 0.01–2.01 and 0.02–6.71 ng/L, respectively, much lower than the European Union environmental quality standard for the pesticides (0.1 μg/L) in waters. The proposed method was further validated by participation in an interlaboratory trial. It was then subsequently applied to river waters from north‐east Scotland, UK, for the determination of the target pesticides.     

Applications of solid‐phase micro‐extraction with mass spectrometry in pesticide analysis

Pesticides, widely applied in agriculture, can produce a variety of transformation products and their continuous use causes deleterious effects to ecosystem. Efficient and sensitive analytical techniques for enrichment and analysis of pesticides samples are highly required. Compared with other extraction methods, solid‐phase micro extraction is a solvent free, cost effective, robust, versatile, and high throughput sample preparation technique, especially for the analysis of pesticides from complicated matrices. Coupling of solid‐phase micro extraction with gas chromatography and mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry has been extensively applied in pesticide analysis. On the other hand, in recent years, combination of fast separation using solid‐phase micro extraction and rapid detection using ambient mass spectrometry is providing highly efficient pesticide screening. This article summarizes the applications of solid‐phase micro extraction coupled to mass spectrometry for pesticides analysis.     

气相色谱-离子阱二级质谱测定茶叶中的亚胺硫磷、噻嗪酮和哒螨灵

建立了一种基于气相色谱-离子阱二级质谱(GC-MS/MS) 检测茶叶中亚胺硫磷、噻嗪酮和哒螨灵残留量的方法.样品采用乙腈提取后经活性炭小柱净化,浓缩,定容后上机分析.采用HP-5MS毛细管柱分离,电子轰击电离源二级质谱监测模式检测,外标法定量.方法的线性关系良好(R不低于0.9970),检出限在0.01 ～0.02 mg/kg之间,3种农药添加回收率在92.0%～115.0%之间,RSD在3.0%~9.3%,方法操作简单,灵敏度高,可作为茶叶中3种农药残留量的同时测定方法.     

Determination of Pesticides in the Rhizome of Traditional Chinese Medicines by Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detection

A simple and efficient gas chromatography method for the determination of 27 organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticides in traditional Chinese medicine was developed. Pesticide residues were extracted from the samples by oscillation and ultrasound, and purified by gel permeation chromatography and florisil solid phase extraction. The analysis was performed by gas chromatography with micro-electron capture detection. The purification conditions, such as the extraction and elution solvents, extraction methodology, and gel permeation chromatography conditions, were optimized. Traditional Chinese medicines were purified by different methods based on their composition. Under optimized conditions, the calibration graph was linear from 10 to 500 µg/L and the correlation coefficients varied from 0.9958 to 0.9997. The detection limits of these pesticides were between 0.09 and 1.82 µg/kg. The recovery of the pesticides spiked in various samples at four concentrations ranged from 73.2% to 106.4%, with relative standard deviations between 1.0% and 14.0%. This study indicates that the method is useful for determining pesticides in rhizome traditional Chinese medicines.     

固相萃取–毛细管气相色谱法同时测定水体中8种有机磷类农药残留

建立固相萃取–毛细管气相色谱法同时测定水体中敌敌畏、乙酰甲胺磷、治螟磷、乐果、甲基对硫磷、马拉硫磷、杀螟硫磷和水胺硫磷8种有机磷类农药残留。样品经OASIS HLB固相萃取柱富集,丙酮洗脱,用毛细管气相色谱(FPD)法进行定量分析。8种有机磷类农残留的质量浓度在0.05~4.0μg/m L范围内与色谱峰面积线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.998,方法检出限为0.004~0.01μg/m L。测定结果的相对偏差为2.6%~4.5%(n=6),加标回收率为81.6%~106.2%。该方法操作简单、灵敏度高,可用于检测水体中的8种有机磷类农药残留。     

Solid‐phase extraction using chloropropyl functionalized sol–gel hybrid sorbent for simultaneous determination of organophosphorus pesticides in selected fruit samples

A new sol–gel hybrid methyltrimethoxysilane‐chloropropyltriethoxysilane was prepared as sorbent for solid‐phase extraction. The extraction efficiency of the prepared sol–gel hybrid methyltrimethoxysilane‐chloropropyltriethoxysilane was assessed by using three selected organophosphorus pesticides, namely, chlorpyrifos, profenofos, and malathion. Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry was used for detection of organophosphorus pesticides. Several vital parameters were optimized to identify the best extraction conditions. Under the optimum extraction conditions, solid‐phase extraction‐methyltrimethoxysilane‐chloropropyltriethoxysilane method showed good linearity range (0.05‐1 μg/mL) with coefficient of determination more than 0.995. The limits of detection obtained were in the range of 0.01–0.07 μg/mL and limits of quantification ranging from 0.03 to 0.21 μg/mL. The limits of detection obtained for the developed method were 2.3–6.5× lower than the limits of detection of commercial octadecyl silica sorbent. Real samples analysis was carried out by applying the developed method on red apple and purple grape samples. The developed method exhibited good recoveries (88.33–120.7%) with low relative standard deviations ranging from 1.6 to 3.3% compared to commercial octadecyl silica sorbent, which showed acceptable recoveries (70.3–100.2%) and relative standard deviations (6.3–8.8%). The solid‐phase extraction‐methyltrimethoxysilane‐chloropropyltriethoxysilane method is presented as an alternative extraction method for determination of organophosphorus pesticides.     

Simultaneous determination of three organophosphorus pesticides in different food commodities by gas chromatography with mass spectrometry

A sensitive and selective gas chromatography with mass spectrometry method was developed for the simultaneous determination of three organophosphorus pesticides, namely, chlorpyrifos, malathion, and diazinon in three different food commodities (milk, apples, and drinking water) employing solid‐phase extraction for sample pretreatment. Pesticide extraction from different sample matrices was carried out on Chromabond C₁₈ cartridges using 3.0 mL of methanol and 3.0 mL of a mixture of dichloromethane/acetonitrile (1:1 v/v) as the eluting solvent. Analysis was carried out by gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry using selected‐ion monitoring mode. Good linear relationships were obtained in the range of 0.1–50 μg/L for chlorpyrifos, and 0.05–50 μg/L for both malathion and diazinon pesticides. Good repeatability and recoveries were obtained in the range of 78.54–86.73% for three pesticides under the optimized experimental conditions. The limit of detection ranged from 0.02 to 0.03 μg/L, and the limit of quantification ranged from 0.05 to 0.1 μg/L for all three pesticides. Finally, the developed method was successfully applied for the determination of three targeted pesticides in milk, apples, and drinking water samples each in triplicate. No pesticide was found in apple and milk samples, but chlorpyrifos was found in one drinking water sample below the quantification level.     

气相色谱法测定茶叶中多种有机磷农药残留量

 采用微量化学法和全自动固相萃取技术 ,建立了气相色谱法同时测定茶叶中 14种有机磷农药残留量的方法 ,并对样品的前处理作了一定的探讨。结果表明 ,采用程序升温 ,所测定的 14种有机磷农药在SPBTM 170 1石英毛细管柱上得到了很好的分离 ,且方法快速、灵敏 ,完全符合实际应用需要。     

Simultaneous determination of organophosphorus pesticides in Chinese herbal medicines by microwave‐assisted extraction coupled with dispersive‐solid phase extraction and gas chromatography

A reliable, rapid and nontoxic analytical method was proposed for the simultaneous determination of 16 organophosphorus pesticides in Chinese herbal medicines. The pesticides were extracted by ethanol and the experimental variables, such as temperature, extraction time and volume of ethanol, were optimized through orthogonal array experimental design. Cleanup of extracts was performed with dispersive‐solid phase extraction using primary secondary amine as the sorbent. The determination of pesticides in the final extracts was carried out by gas chromatography–flame photometric detection. Under optimized conditions the obtained recoveries, except for isocarbophos, were in the range 73.8–123%, with relative standard deviations equal to or lower than 15.2% and limits of detection ranging from 0.001 to 0.009 mg/kg. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis and study of the distribution of polar and non-polar pesticides in wastewater effluents from modern and conventional treatments

The analysis of a wide range of pesticides in wastewaters (WWs) undergoing different treatments (both modern and conventional) has been studied. The need for optimizing specific extraction methods for each WW effluent based on their physico-chemical characteristics has been considered. A distribution study was performed to establish if the filtration step before extraction is a correct procedure since pesticides can be more prone to be in the aqueous or the solid phase, depending on their hydrophobicity. This evaluation demonstrated that pesticides are distributed between the aqueous phase and the suspended particulate matter (SPM; e.g. pyrethroids are only found in the SPM). The proposed methodologies involved the determination of 39 polar and 139 non-polar pesticides using solid-phase extraction (SPE) and pressurized-liquid extraction (PLE) for the extraction of the aqueous phase and the SPM, respectively. Ultra high pressure liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UHPLC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS) were used in the determination stage. WW samples from four different technologies were evaluated: membrane bioreactor, extended aeration, maturation pond and anaerobic pond. Validation data for the four effluents studied were generated, obtaining adequate precision values (estimated as % relative standard deviation, RSD) in almost all cases (<25%). The methods showed limits of detection at 0.01-0.20μgL(-1) and limits of quantification from 0.02 to 0.50μgL(-1). The proposed methods were applied to the analysis of real samples collected from an experimental WW treatment plant, detecting non-polar and polar pesticides at concentrations in the range 0.02-1.94μgL(-1) and 0.02-0.33μgL(-1), respectively.     

Ultrasound‐assisted extraction and solid‐phase extraction as a cleanup procedure for organochlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls determination in aquatic samples by gas chromatography with electron capture detection

The feasibility of developing a quick, easy, efficient procedure for the simultaneous determination of organochlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in aquatic samples using gas chromatography with electron capture detection based on solid‐phase extraction was investigated. The extraction solvent (n‐hexane/acetone, cyclohexane/ethyl acetate, n‐hexane/dichloromethane, n‐hexane) for ultrasound‐assisted solid–liquid extraction and solid‐phase extraction columns (florisil, neutral alumina, acidic alumina, aminopropyl trimethoxy silane, propyl ethylenediamine, aminopropyl trimethoxy silane/propyl ethylenediamine, graphitized carbon black and silica) for cleanup procedure were optimized. The gas chromatography with electron capture detection method was validated in terms of linearity, sensitivity, reproducibility, and recovery. Mean recoveries ranged from 75 to 115% with relative standard deviations <13%. Quantification limits were 0.20–0.40 ng/g for organochlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. The satisfactory data demonstrated the good reproducibility of the method with relative standard deviations lower than 13%. In comparison to other related methods, this method requires less time and solvent and allows for rapid isolation of the target analytes with high selectivity. This method therefore allows for the screening of numerous samples and can also be used for routine analyses.     

Determination of organochlorine and pyrethroid pesticides in fruit and vegetables using solid phase extraction clean-up cartridges

A method to determine six organochlorine and three pyrethroid pesticides in grape, orange, tomato, carrot and green mustard based on solvent extraction followed by solid phase extraction (SPE) clean-up is described. The pesticides were spiked into the sample prior to analysis, extracted with ethyl acetate, evaporated and reconstituted with a solvent mixture of acetone:n-hexane (3:7). Three different sorbents (Strong Anion Exchanger/Primary Secondary Amine (SAX/PSA), Florisil and C18) were used for the clean-up step. Pesticides were eluted with 5mL of acetone:n-hexane (3:7, v/v) and determined by gas chromatography and electron-capture detection (GC-ECD). SAX/PSA was the sorbent, which provided chromatograms with less interference and the mean recoveries obtained were within 70-120% except for captafol. The captafol recoveries for grape were within acceptable range with C18 clean-up column.     

亚临界水萃取及气相色谱-串联质谱法检测红茶中多种农药残留

建立了亚临界水萃取及气相色谱-串联质谱(GC-MS/MS)检测红茶中21种有机氯和拟除虫菊酯农药残留的方法。在萃取压力为5 MPa条件下,样品经150 ℃的亚临界水提取15 min后,将目标物转移至丙酮-正己烷(1:1, v/v)中,经ENVI-Carb固相萃取净化小柱净化,DB-5毛细管气相色谱柱分离,在多反应监测(MRM)模式下进行MS/MS检测,基质匹配溶液内标法定量。各目标物在5.0～320.0 μg/L范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.99,其定量限(信噪比(S/N)＞10)为50 ng/g,检出限(S/N＞3)为10 ng/g。茶叶基质中添加50、100和200 ng/g的标准品时,21种农药的回收率为70.18%～119.98%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为5.01%～11.76%。该方法的灵敏度、准确度和精密度均符合农药残留测定的技术要求,适用于红茶中有机氯和拟除虫菊酯农药残留的检测。     

Simultaneous preconcentration of polar and non‐polar organophosphorus pesticides from water samples by using a new sorbent based on mesoporous silica

A new mesoporous silica based on the sol–gel material cyanopropyltriethoxysilane (CNPrTEOS) was successfully synthesized by the hydrolysis and condensation of CNPrTEOS in the presence of ammonium solution as catalyst and methanol as solvent. It was used as a solid‐phase extraction sorbent for the simultaneous extraction of three organophosphorus pesticides, namely, polar dicrotophos and non‐polar diazinon and chlorpyrifos. Analysis was performed using high‐performance liquid chromatography with UV detection. CNPrTEOS was characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, field‐emission scanning electron microscopy and nitrogen gas adsorption. The surface area and average pore diameter of the optimum sol–gel CNPrTEOS are 379 m²/g and 4.7 nm (mesoporous), respectively. The proposed solid‐phase extraction based on CNPrTEOS exhibited good linearity in the range of 0.8–100 μg/L, satisfactory precision (1.15–3.82%), high enrichment factor (800) and low limit of detection (0.072–0.091 μg/L). The limits of detection obtained using the proposed solid‐phase extraction method are well below the maximum residue limit set by European Union and are also lower (13.6–48.5×) than that obtained by using a commercial CN‐SPE cartridge (0.98–4.41 μg/L). The new mesoporous sol–gel CNPrTEOS showed promising alternative as SPE sorbent material for the simultaneous extraction of polar and non‐polar organophosphorus pesticides.     

Multiresidue determination of 114 multiclass pesticides in flue‐cured tobacco by solid‐phase extraction coupled with gas chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry

A sensitive and robust multiresidue method for the simultaneous analysis of 114 pesticides in tobacco was developed based on solid‐phase extraction coupled with gas chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. In this strategy, tobacco samples were extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up with a multilayer solid‐phase extraction cartridge Cleanert TPT using acetonitrile/toluene (3:1) as the elution solvent. Two internal standards of different polarity were used to meet simultaneous pesticides quantification demands in the tobacco matrix. Satisfactory linearity in the range of 10–500 ng/mL was obtained for all 114 pesticides with linear regression coefficients higher than 0.994. The limit of detection and limit of quantification values were 0.02–5.27 and 0.06–17.6 ng/g, respectively. For most of the pesticides, acceptable recoveries in the range of 70–120% and repeatabilities (relative standard deviation) of <11% were achieved at spiking levels of 20, 100, and 400 ng/g. Compared with the reported multiresidue analytical method, the proposed method provided a cleaner test solution with smaller amounts of pigments, fatty acids as well as other undesirable interferences. The development and validation of the high sensitivity, high selectivity, easy automation, and high‐throughput analytical method meant that it could be successfully used for the determination of pesticides in tobacco samples.     

Development of an analytical method based on microwave-assisted extraction and solid phase extraction cleanup for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in animal feed

A method to determine 21 organochlorine pesticides in animal feed samples using microwave assisted extraction and solid phase extraction cleanup was optimised regarding its main parameters. After extraction with hexane-acetone (50:50), three different sorbents (alumina/ENVI-Florisil, ENVI-Carb and ENVI-Carb II/PSA) were assayed for the cleanup step. Analytes were eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (80:20) and determined by gas chromatography and electron capture detection followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. ENVI-Carb and ENVI-Carb II/PSA provided colourless eluates but fewer interferent compounds were found in ENVI-Carb II/PSA chromatograms, so this system was selected to carry out the purification of the extracts. The analytical recoveries obtained with this method were close to 100% in most cases with relative standard deviations lower than 10%. These percentages were similar to those obtained with the Soxhlet extraction procedure, which shows the method suitable for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in animal feed material. The method was also validated with the analysis of a certified reference material (CRM-115 BCR), and the results obtained were in good accordance with the certified values.     

Detection of Several Classes of Pesticides and Metabolites in Meconium by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

A solid phase extraction method was developed to isolate multiple classes of parent pesticides from meconium. A methanolic/hydrochloric acid methyl ester derivatization with liquid-liquid extraction technique was also developed for the analysis of metabolites. Identification and quantitation was by electron impact gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. For the parent compounds and metabolites, recoveries in spiked meconium ranged between 72-109%, with coefficients of variation ranging from 1.55-16.92% and limits of detection between 0.01-4.15 μg g(-1). Meconium samples obtained from infants in the Philippines were assayed using these methods, and propoxur, cypermethrin, pretilachlor, malathion, 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethylene, bioallethrin, and cyfluthrin were detected.     

猪肉中63种有机磷农药的气相色谱筛选与气质联用确证方法

建立了固相萃取-气相色谱筛选和气相色谱-质谱联用确证猪肉中63种有机磷农药的分析方法。样品用正己烷配合乙腈-水溶液均质提取,加入氯化钠继续均质,离心分层后取部分乙腈层经C18柱和PSA柱净化后供GC和GC-MS分析。气相色谱筛选采用火焰光度检测器（FPD）,气相色谱-质谱联用确证采用选择离子扫描方式（SIM）,外标法定量。该方法简便、快速,优化条件下测定方法的定量下限（S/N=10）为0.001～0.043 mg/kg,在加标水平为0.16 mg/kg时,回收率为70%～121%,相对标准偏差为4.1%～13.9%。     

固相萃取-气相色谱法同时测定花生中18种有机氯农药残留

利用气相色谱(GC)建立了花生中18种有机氯农药同时测定的方法。花生中有机氯农药残留通过乙腈提取,减压浓缩后过弗罗里固相萃取柱净化,采用正己烷-丙酮(体积比为9∶1)溶液淋洗,淋洗液氮吹近干后以正己烷定容,应用微池电子捕获检测器(μECD)检测。氟氯氰菊酯和溴氰菊酯的检出限分别为50和100g/kg,其余16种有机氯农药检出限均为10μg/kg。在花生样品中添加检测限水平有机氯混标溶液,加标回收率为71.28%～116.58%,测定结果的相对标准偏差为4.08%～18.16%(n=4或5)。     

Organochlorine residue analysis of commercial milks by capillary gas chromatography

The determination of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in milks requires the use of efficient extraction methods. A rapid procedure has been developed, based on extraction of organochlorine residues from milk on to octadecylsilica solid phase extraction cartridges and elution with hexane. The addition of different organic solvents to the milk before solid phase extraction has been studied. The use of methanol to disrupt the fat globules enables almost complete recovery of the residues with minimum extraction of fatty substances. Recovery experiments were performed for eighteen compounds present at ppb levels in whole, two per cent, and skimmed milks. The average recoveries of the compounds from two per cent and skimmed milks were 73–84%; values for whole milk were lower. The residues were determined by gas chromatography using two kinds of capillary column (non-polar and semi-polar) and electron capture detection. The procedure shows low lipid carry over, and extraneous interferences are minimal. The method has been applied to the detection of organochlorine pesticides and nine individual polychlorinated biphenyls in commercial milks. The results obtained demonstrated the presence of very low levels of organochlorine residues in the commercial milks analyzed.