Multi-class, multi-residue liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry screening and confirmation methods for drug residues in milk

This paper describes the development and optimization of a multi-residue veterinary drug screening method for whole milk. The drug residues of regulatory interest in milk include beta-lactams, sulfonamides, tetracyclines, fluoroquinolones, and macrolides. Milk samples were extracted with acetonitrile and the samples were then subjected to a clean-up procedure using a bonded solid-phase extraction cartridge and a molecular weight cut-off filter. Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) triple quadrupole electrospray methods were developed to monitor for the drugs in milk. Since established tolerance levels are set for most of these drugs in milk, the initial screening procedure was semi-quantitative, where samples were compared to the response of a positive control. The positive control, consisting of an extract from a portion of milk fortified with the drugs at half their allowed levels, was used to set the laboratory's minimum response criteria for unknown samples. Confirmatory analyses, with additional ion transitions for each residue, were performed on the same extracts.     

Determination of 10 sulfonamide residues in meat samples by liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection

A liquid chromatography (LC) method is described for the simultaneous determination of 10 commonly used sulfonamide drug residues in meat. The 10 sulfonamide drugs of interest were sulfadiazine, sulfathiazole, sulfamerazine, sulfadimidine, sulfamethizole, sulfamonomethoxine, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfadoxine, sulfadimethoxine, and sulfaquinoxaline. The residues were extracted with acetone-chloroform (1 + 1). Sulfonamides were quantitatively retained in the extracting solution and afterwards eluted from a cation-exchanger solid-phase extraction cartridge with a solution of methanol-aqueous ammonia. The solution was dried, reconstituted with 5 mL methanol and filtered before analysis by LC-ultraviolet using a C18 column with a mobile phase gradient of potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer, pH 2.5, and methanol-acetonitrile (30 + 70, v/v). The method was applied to cattle, swine, chicken, and sheep muscle tissues. The validation was performed with a fortified cattle meat sample at level of 100 ppb, which is the administrative maximum residue limit for sulfonamides in the European Union. The limit of quantitation for all sulfonamides was between 3 and 14 ppb. Recovery was evaluated for different meat matrixes. The mean recovery values were between 66.3% for pork meat samples and 71.5% for cattle meat samples.     

Simultaneous determination of 17 sulfonamides and the potentiators ormetoprim and trimethoprim in salmon muscle by liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry detection

A simple, robust method using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) for the simultaneous determination of 17 sulfonamides [sulfanilamide (SNL), sulfacetamide (SAA), sulfaguanidine (SGD), sulfapyridine (SPY), sulfadiazine (SDZ), sulfathiazole (STZ), sulfamerazine (SMR), sulfamethoxazole (SOZ), sulfamoxole (SXL), sulfisoxazole (SXZ), sulfamethizole (SML), sulfamethazine (SMZ), sulfamethoxypyridazine (SMP), sulfamonomethoxine (SMM), sulfachloropyridazine (SCP), sulfaquinoxaline (SQX), and sulfadimethoxine (SDM)] and 2 potentiators [ormetoprim (OMP) and trimethoprim (TMP)] in fish tissue has been developed. The analytes were extracted from homogenized fish tissue with water-acetonitrile (50 + 50). The extract was clarified by centrifugation and a portion defatted with hexane. The analytes were partitioned into chloroform and evaporated to dryness. The redissolved residue was applied to a C18 reversed-phase column with a water-acetonitrile (0.1% acetic acid) gradient. All of the compounds were completely separated and detected in <10 min at 30 degrees C using LC/MS/MS. Standard curves were linear over the range of 0.02 to 5 ng injected. The limit of detection varied from 0.1 ng/g for SMZ and OMP to 0.9 ng/g for SXL and SOZ. Recoveries varied from 100% for SDM, SOZ, and SQX and 85% for SMR, OMP, and TMP to approximately 30% for SAA. Relative standard deviations for repeat analysis varied from 4% for SMZ and SCP to 23% for SAA.     

Confirmation of eprinomectin, moxidectin, abamectin, doramectin, and ivermectin in beef liver by liquid chromatography/positive ion atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry

A liquid chromatographic (LC) multiresidue screening procedure was developed for determination of eprinomectin, moxidectin, abamectin, doramectin, and ivermectin in beef liver at 0, 25, 50, and 100 ppb levels. A procedure using low resolution LC/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) mass spectrometry (MS) was developed with further purification steps added to the quantitative LC method to confirm residues. Acetonitrile extracts of liver, prior to derivatization for LC analysis, were further purified by using a C8 solid-phase extraction cartridge and an alumina-B cartridge. The purified extract was analyzed by injection into an LC/positive ion APCI MS. Identity of the compound was confirmed by comparison of its retention time and relative intensity data with those of a standard or recovery from a fortified control liver sample. Anthelmintic drugs in acetonitrile extracts of liver containing eprinomectin, moxidectin, abamectin, doramectin, and ivermectin at 25 ppb, the lowest level of fortification used in the LC determinative method, were successfully confirmed.     

An original approach to determining traces of tetracycline antibiotics in milk and eggs by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry

An original and highly specific method able to identify and quantify traces of five tetracycline antibiotics (TCAs) in milk and eggs is presented. This method uses a single solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridge for simultaneous extraction and purification of TCAs in the above matrices. After diluting 5 mL of intact whole milk or 2 g egg samples with Na(2)EDTA-containing water, samples are passed through a 0.5-g Carbograph 4 extraction cartridge. After analyte elution from the SPE cartridge, an aliquot of the final extract is injected into a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) instrument equipped with an electrospray ion source and a single quadrupole. MS data acquisition is performed in the positive-ion mode and by a time-scheduled multiple-ion selected ion-monitoring program. With methanol as organic modifier, the in-source collision-induced dissociation (CID) process generated fragment ions able to pick up one methanol molecule. In several cases, these methanol-adduct fragment ions have m/z values higher than those of the protonated molecules. This event is rarely encountered in MS, thus making the analysis of TCAs by this method extremely specific. Compared with a conventional published method, the present protocol extracted larger amounts of TCAs from both milk and egg and decreased the analysis time by a factor of 3. Recovery of TCAs in milk at the 25-ppb level ranged between 81 and 96% with relative standard deviation (RSD) no larger than 9%. Recovery of TCAs in egg at the 50-ppb level ranged between 72 and 92% with RSD no larger than 7%. Estimated limits of quantification(S/N = 10) of the method were 2-9 ppb TCAs in whole milk and 2-19 ppb TCAs in eggs.     

Determination of sulfonamides by liquid chromatography, ultraviolet diode array detection and ion-spray tandem mass spectrometry with application to cultured salmon flesh.

Ion-spray mass spectrometry was investigated for the analysis of 21 antibacterial sulfonamide drugs. All of the sulfonamides analyzed gave positive ion mass spectra with abundant protonated molecules and no fragmentation. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) using collision-induced dissociation provided structural information, allowing the identification of common fragmentation pathways and the differentiation of isomeric and isobaric sulfonamides. A reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed, using gradient elution and ultraviolet diode-array detection (DAD), enabling the separation of 16 of the sulfonamides. Combined liquid chromatography (LC)-MS was accomplished using the ion-spray interface. Analyses of a mixture of sulfonamide standards were performed with gradient elution and the mass spectrometer configured for full-scan acquisition, selected-ion monitoring, or selected-reaction monitoring. Procedures for the analysis of sulfadimethoxine (SDM), a representative sulfonamide used in the aquaculture industry, are described. The presence of SDM in cultured salmon flesh was confirmed at levels as low as 25 ng/g by a combination of LC-DAD and LC-MS-MS.     

Determination of eight sulfonamides in bovine kidney by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry with on-line extraction and sample clean-up

A sensitive, high performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometric (i.e. mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry; LC/MS/MS) method with on-line extraction and sample clean-up for the screening and confirmation of residues of sulfonamides in kidney is described. The sulfonamides are extracted from homogenized kidney with methanol. After centrifugation of the extract, an aliquot of the extract is directly injected on the LC/MS/MS system with further extraction and clean-up of the sample on-line. Detection of the analytes was achieved by positive electrospray ionization (ESI) followed by multiple reaction monitoring. For each sulfonamide the collisional decomposition of the protonated molecule to a common, abundant fragment ion was monitored. The method has been validated for sulfadimethoxine, sulfaquinoxaline, sulfamethazine, sulfamerazine, sulfathiazole, sulfamethoxazole, sulfadiazine and sulfapyridine. Calibration curves resulting from spiked blank kidney samples at the 10-200 microg/kg level showed good linear correlation. At the level of 50, 100 and 200 microg/kg both within- and between-day precision, as measured by relative standard deviation (RSD), were less than 16%. The limits of detection (LODs) ranged from 5 to 13.5 microg/kg. The recoveries ranged from 78 to 82%. The procedure provides a rapid, reliable and sensitive method for the determination of residues of sulfonamides in bovine kidney. The advantage of this method over existing methods is its decreased sample preparation and analysis time, which makes the method more suitable for routine analysis.     

Studies on the extraction of sulfonamides from agricultural soils

The extraction of six sulfonamides (sulfadiazine, sulfadimidine, sulfathiazole, sulfachloropiridazine, sulfadimethoxine, and sulfaquinoxaline) from soils with different physicochemical characteristics and at several aging times was investigated. Conventional mechanical shaking, microwave-assisted extraction, ultrasound probe-assisted extraction and pressurized liquid extraction techniques were evaluated. The four techniques provided similar results when applied to freshly contaminated soils. However, microwave-assisted extraction was the most suitable to extract sulfonamide aged residues from soils. Microwave-assisted extraction was applied to eight soils aged for 3 months, using acetonitrile:buffer pH 9 (20:80) as the extraction solvent, and recoveries ranged from 15–25% for STZ to 42–64% for SDM.     

Determination of avoparcin in animal tissues and milk using LC‐ESI‐MS/MS and tandem‐SPE

A highly sensitive and selective method using LC‐ESI‐MS/MS and tandem‐SPE was developed to detect trace amounts of avoparcin (AV) antibiotics in animal tissues and milk. Data acquisition using MS/MS was achieved by applying multiple reaction monitoring of the product ions of [M + 3H]³⁺ and the major product ions of AV‐α and ‐β at m/z 637 → 86/113/130 and m/z 649 → 86/113/130 in ESI(+) mode. The calculated instrumental LODs were 3 ng/mL. The sample preparation was described that the extraction using 5% TFA and the tandem‐SPE with an ion‐exchange (SAX) and InertSep C18‐A cartridge clean‐up enable us to determine AV in samples. Ion suppression was decreased by concentration rates of each sample solution. These SPE concentration levels could be used to detect quantities of 5 ppb (milk), 10 ppb (beef), and 25 ppb (chicken muscle and liver). The matrix matching calibration graphs obtained for both AV‐α (r >0.996) and ‐β (r >0.998) from animal tissues and milk were linear over the calibration ranges. AV recovery from samples was higher than 73.3% and the RSD was less than 12.0% (n = 5).     

Development and validation of an HPLC method for the determination of ten sulfonamide residues in milk according to 2002/657/EC

A HPLC method with diode-array detection, at 265 nm, was developed and validated for the determination of ten sulfonamides (SAs): sulfadiazine (SDZ), sulfathiazine (STZ), sulfamethoxine (SMTH), sulfamethizole (SMZ), sulfamethoxypyridazine (SMPZ), sulfamonomethoxine (SMMX), sulfamethoxazole (SMXZ), sulfisoxazole (SIX), sulfadimethoxine (SDMX), and sulfaquinoxaline (SQX) in milk. A mixture of ethyl acetate, n-hexane, and isopropanol was used for the extraction of target analytes from milk. The mobile phase, a mixture of 0.1% v/v formic acid, CH(3) CN, and CH(3) OH was delivered to the analytical column under a gradient program. The procedure was validated according to the European Union regulation 2002/657/EC in terms of selectivity, stability, decision limit, detection capability, accuracy, and precision. Mean recoveries of sulfonamides from milk samples spiked at three concentration levels (0.5×MRL, 1×MRL, and 1.5×MRL) (MRL, maximum residue level) were 93.9-115.9% for SDZ, 97.8-102.9% for STZ, 94.6-107.0% for SMTH, 98.3-111.5% for SMZ, 95.3-108.4% for SMPZ, 97.9-106.0% for SMMX, 97.6-111.3% for SMXZ, 94.3-104.6% for SIX, 96.4-109.1% for SDMX, and 98.2-111.2% for SQX. All RSD values were lower than 8.8%. The decision limits CCa calculated by spiking 20 blank milk samples at MRL (100 μg/kg) ranged from 101.61 to 106.84 μg/kg, whereas the detection capability CCb ranged from 105.64 to 119.01 μg/kg.     

Optimization of a solid-phase extraction procedure in the fluorimetric determination of sulfonamides in milk using the second-order advantage of PARAFAC and D-optimal design

The objective of this work is to optimize a solid-phase extraction procedure for the simultaneous determination of sulfadiazine, sulfamerazine, and sulfamethazine in milk by fluorimetric detection. For this task, an alternative strategy is employed, which allows one to reduce noticeably the number of experiments without losing the quality of the estimations. It consists of the use of a D-optimal design together with PARAFAC decomposition for the calculation of the response in the experimental design. Effects of amount of cartridge sorbent, kind of milk, volume of conditioning solutions, kind of wash and elution, and kind of mixture of sulfonamides have been evaluated, for maximizing sulfonamide mean recovery and minimizing its standard deviation. Since milk without sulfonamides may give some matrix effect over the fluorescence signal, its behavior has also been studied. Optimal conditions have been selected where the ratio between sulfonamide recovery and milk without sulfonamides was the highest, which are 500 mg of cartridge sorbent, acid wash, and elution and 3 mL of conditioning solutions. The type of milk and mixture of sulfonamides not significant. This makes the procedure suitable for the combined determination of sulfadiazine, sulfamerazine, and sulfamethazine in any kind of milk. Finally, an experimental procedure is proposed, obtaining a sulfonamide mean recovery equal to 68.5% with values of standard deviation between 7 and 8 μg kg⁻¹.     

Quantitative determination of trace concentrations of tetracycline and sulfonamide antibiotics in surface water using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/ion trap tandem mass spectrometry

The occurrence of human and veterinary pharmaceutical compounds in surface waters (e.g. streams, lakes and reservoirs) is an important emerging environmental issue. There is a need for robust, sensitive and reliable analytical methods for measuring these compounds in a variety of natural water and wastewater matrices. This paper describes a method for the determination of seven tetracycline (TC) and six sulfonamide (SA) compounds in pristine and wastewater-influenced surface water using solid-phase extraction, and LCQ Duo ion trap liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) with positive electrospray ionization (ESI(+)) and selected reaction monitoring (SRM). The seven TCs and six SAs analyzed using this method include oxytetracycline (OTC), chlortetracycline (CTC), tetracycline (TC), democlocycline (DMC), doxycycline (DXC), meclocycline (MCC), minocycline (MNC), sulfathiazole (STZ), sulfamerazine (SMR), sulfamethazine (SMT), sulfachloropyridazine (SCP), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), and sulfadimethoxane (SDM). This study discusses the effects of flow rate, LC column diameter and LC column temperature on UV and/or mass peak quality of the different analytes. Several product ions for MS/MS detection have been identified and compared for ion trap and triple quadrupole LC/MS/MS instruments. Statistical analysis for determination of the method detection limit (MDL), accuracy and precision of the method is described. Matrix effects are evaluated in deionized, pristine and wastewater-influenced river water. The method is applied to evaluate the occurrence of these compounds in a small watershed in northern Colorado.     

Solid-phase extraction for multiresidue determination of sulfonamides, tetracyclines, and pyrimethamine in Bovine's milk

This paper describes a systematic approach to the development of a solid-phase extraction method for simultaneous extraction of 10 antibiotic residues in bovine milk, belonging to groups of sulfonamides, tetracyclines, and pyrimethamine. The sample preparation steps include acidic deproteinization of milk proteins followed by sample enrichment and cleanup using a polymer-based Oasis HLB solid-phase extraction cartridge. The analyses were carried out by using a method based on liquid chromatography-electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry with positive ion mode. The parameters affecting the extraction efficiency such as sample loading pH, SPE wash solvent composition, and eluting solution pH were carefully investigated and optimized. The developed solid-phase extraction procedure coupled to multiresidue liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry method was applied for the analysis of 10 antibiotic residues in milk samples, and it proved to be simple, sensitive, and selective providing a recovery ranging from 70 to 106%.     

双柱固相萃取净化-液相色谱-串联质谱法测定牛奶和奶粉中链霉素和双氢链霉素残留量

建立了双柱固相萃取净化-液相色谱-串联质谱(HPLC-MS/MS)测定牛奶和奶粉中链霉素和双氢链霉素残留量的分析方法。样品用H3PO4溶液提取,三氯乙酸沉淀蛋白,苯磺酸型和羧酸型固相萃取柱净化,经Atlantis C18色谱柱分离,以电喷雾离子源在正离子多反应监测(MRM)模式下进行测定。牛奶中链霉素和双氢链霉素的方法检出限均为4μg/kg,定量限均为10μg/kg,奶粉中链霉素和双氢链霉素的方法检出限均为30μg/kg,定量限均为80μg/kg,方法回收率为80%~86%,相对标准偏差为5.9%~11.5%。本方法适用于牛奶和奶粉中链霉素和双氢链霉素残留量的测定。     

Determination of tetracycline antibiotics in cow's milk by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

A liquid chromatographic/tandem mass spectrometric (LC/MS/MS) multiresidue method for the simultaneous quantitative determination of oxytetracycline, 4-epi-oxytetracycline, tetracycline, 4-epi-tetracycline, chlortetracycline, 4-epi-chlortetracycline and doxycycline in milk has been developed. An extraction procedure consisting of a liquid extraction of the milk samples with trichloroacetic acid was performed. The extract was centrifuged and the supernatant was filtered. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) with an OASIS HLB SPE column was used to clean up the sample extracts. The samples were analysed by LC/MS/MS. The LC separation was performed on a reversed-phase C18 column using gradient elution with a mobile phase consisting of water and a mixture of methanol/acetonitrile. The tetracycline analytes were detected with a quadrupole mass spectrometer using positive ion electrospray ionisation. The confirmatory method has acceptable detection limits and the different tetracyclines can be detected at a residue concentration between 5 and 20 microg/L. The method is validated according to the European requirements for veterinary drug residues and all determined parameters were found to conform to the criteria. The recovery values ranged from 90.4 to 101.2% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) no larger than 9.7%. The overall or between-day precision of the analytical assay determined as repeatability at several residue concentrations and expressed as RSD ranged from 3.3 to 10%. This analytical assay is a useful tool within the Belgian monitoring programme for confirmation of samples which have been positively screened for residues of tetracyclines in raw farm cow's milk.     

固相萃取-高效液相色谱法测定动物肉组织中磺胺类药物的残留

建立了一种快速、灵敏、环保的固相萃取-反相高效液相色谱同时分析动物肉组织中5种磺胺类药物残留的方法。将样品加入到盛有无水硫酸钠的离心管中,再用乙酸乙酯提取;提取液经氨基固相萃取柱净化后,用1.5%（体积分数）乙酸乙醇溶液洗脱。洗脱液用高效液相色谱分离,二极管阵列检测器检测,外标法定量。5种磺胺类药物的线性关系良好,磺胺二甲基嘧啶(SM2)、磺胺间甲氧嘧啶(SMM)、磺胺甲唑(SMZ)的线性范围均为30～5000 μg/L,磺胺二甲氧嘧啶(SDM)、磺胺喹啉(SQ)的线性范围均为60～5000 μg/L。2种动物肉组织(鸡肉、猪肉)中5种磺胺类药物的加标回收率在73.2%至97.3%范围内,当添加水平为50 μg/kg时,加标回收率的相对标准偏差在2.5%至11.6%范围内;SM2,SMM和SMZ的检测限（S/N=3）和定量限（S/N=10）分别为3 μg/kg和10 μg/kg,SDM和SQ的检测限和定量限分别为7 μg/kg和25 μg/kg。     

固相萃取-高效液相色谱法同时测定牛奶中22种磺胺类兽药残留

建立了一种基于固相萃取技术同时测定牛奶中22种磺胺类兽药残留的高效液相色谱分析方法.样品经乙腈-甲酸混合溶液提取,乙腈饱和的正己烷除酯后,HLB固相萃取柱净化,以甲醇-2 mmol/L乙酸铵(含0.2％乙酸)为流动相进行梯度洗脱,XBridge C18色谱柱进行分离,采用光电二极管阵列检测器检测,外标法定量.磺胺类化合...     

Determination of abamectin, doramectin, emamectin, eprinomectin, ivermectin, and moxidectin in milk by liquid chromatography electrospray tandem mass specrometry

The avermectin and milbemycin families of compounds are derived from naturally occurring yeasts. They have proven to be potent preventatives against a variety of pests such as insects and parasites. Only eprinomectin and moxidectin are currently approved for use on lactating cattle with tolerances in milk of 12 microg/kg for eprinomectin and 40 microg/kg for moxidectin. Detection of misuse or inadvertent contamination in milk requires a sensitive and definitive analytical method. A method has been developed for the determination of 5 avermectins and 1 milbemycin in milk using a simple liquid-liquid extraction and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis. Ivermectin (IVR), doramectin (DOR), abamectin (ABA), eprinomectin (EPR), emamectin (EMA), and moxidectin (MOX) were extracted from whole milk by partitioning into acetonitrile with a subsequent solvent exchange into methanol-water. Simultaneous confirmation and quantification were achieved with LC separation, positive electrospray ionization (ESI+), and MS/MS. The limits of detection ranged from 16 pg/g (ppt) for EMA to 1.7 microg/g (ppb) for MOX.     

Simultaneous determination of 16 sulfonamides in honey by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

A method is described for the determination of 16 sulfonamides in honey. Samples are dissolved in phosphoric acid solution (pH2), cleaned up with 2 solid-phase extraction (SPE) cartridges, an aromatic sulfonic cation-exchange cartridge and an Oasis HLB SPE cartridge, and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) under the selected conditions. Without exception, calibration curves were linear (r = > 0.995), when sulfamethizole was between 1.0 and 25.0 microg/kg; sulfacetamide, sulfapyridine, sulfadiazine, sulfachloropyridazine, sulfamethoxazole, sulfamerazine, sulfisoxazole, sulfamonomethoxine, and sulfadoxine were between 2.0 and 50.0 microg/kg; sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfadimethoxine, and sulfathiazole were between 4.0 and 100.0 microg/kg; sulfamethazine and sulfameter were between 8.0 and 200.0 microg/kg; and sulfaphenazole was between 12.0 and 300.0 microg/kg. Average recoveries at 4 fortification levels in the range of 1.0-300 microg/kg in honey were 70.9-102.5%, and relative standard deviations were 2.02-11.52%. The limits of quantitation for the 16 sulfonamides were between 1.0 and 12.0 microg/kg, with the LC/MS/MS method.     

A fast, inexpensive, and safe method for residue analysis of meptyldinocap in different fruits by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry

An analytical method is reported for residue analysis of the fungicide meptyldinocap in different fruit matrixes that involves extraction with ethyl acetate, hydrolysis of the residues with ethanolamine, and determination by LC/MS/MS. The method involves extraction of 10 g sample with 10 mL ethyl acetate; evaporation of the ethyl acetate phase to dryness, and subsequent hydrolysis of the residues to 4,6-dinitro-2-(1-methylheptyl) phenol on reaction with 1% ethanolamine. The pH of this hydrolyzed product was neutralized with formic acid and analyzed by LC/MS/MS. The hydrolysis reaction followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the reaction product was spectroscopically confirmed as 2-(1-methylheptyl)-4,6-dinitrophenol. The method offered > 80% recoveries at an LOQ of 10 ng/g for grape and mango, 25 ng/g for pomegranate with intralaboratory Horwitz ratio < 0.5, and measurement uncertainties < 10% at LOQ levels. Considering first-order rate kinetics, activation energy, enthalpy of activation, and entropy of activation varied as solvent > mango > grape > pomegranate. Free energy of activation at 298 K was higher than at 280 K and was similar for solvent and three matrixes at both temperatures.