Simultaneous determination of cypermethrin and fenvalerate residues in tomato by gas chromatography and their applications to kinetic studies after field treatment

In this study simultaneous determination of cypermethrin and fenvalerate residues in tomato fruit (Lycopesicon esculentum) grown in Khartoum, Sudan, was carried out using gas chromatography with electron capture detector (GC‐ECD). The method was linear in the ranges of 0.075–0.009 and 0.75–0.037 mg/mL for cypermethrin and fenvalerate, respectively. The limits of detection and quantification were found to be 0.003 and 0.01 mg/mL and 0.014, 0. 047 mg/mL for cypermethrin and fenvalerate, respectively. The recoveries of cypermethrin and fenvalerate spiked in tomato were 97 ± 7.5 and 99.5 ± 1.8%, respectively. The kinetic study of the degradation of both pesticides was performed and the ultimate evaluation of the kinetic data revealed a first‐order kinetics with respect to the tomato fruit; an explanation was put forward to account for the results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Determination of endosulfan and some pyrethroids in waters by micro liquid-liquid extraction and GC-MS

A simple, rapid and reproducible method for the determination of some pesticide residues in water was developed using micro liquid-liquid extraction and gas chromatography - mass spectrometry with selected ion monitoring (GC/MS-SIM). The chlorinated insecticides α- and β-endosulfan and endosulfan-sulfate as well as the synthetic pyrethroids bifenthrin, permethrin, cypermethrin, fenvalerate and deltamethrin can be separated from a 500 mL sample water extracted with 0.5 mL of n-hexane containing anthracene-d₁₀ as internal standard without clean-up in only 13 min. The recovery efficiencies of the tested compounds yielded more than 93.0% at a fortification level of 5 ng mL^–1 and their relative standard deviations were between 1.9 and 11.7%. Detection limit of each compound ranged between 3 and 35 pg mL^–1. The method was applied to ground, sea and tap waters from Almería (Spain). The solubilities in water at 20° C were determined. Received: 21 March 1997 / Revised: 28 July 1997 / Accepted: 18 August 1997     

The use of silica‐coated magnetic graphene microspheres as the adsorbent for the extraction of pyrethroid pesticides from orange and lettuce samples followed by GC–MS analysis

Graphene‐grafted ferroferric oxide microspheres were used as the adsorbent to extract some pyrethroid pesticides (bifenthrin, λ‐cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, cypermethrin, fenvalerate, and deltamethrin) from orange and lettuce samples prior to their determination by GC–MS. The main variables that could affect the extraction, including the amount of the adsorbent, pH of the sample solution, extraction time, concentration of salt, and desorption conditions, were investigated and optimized. Under the optimized conditions, a linear response was obtained in the concentration range of 0.3–100.0 ng/g for the analytes with the coefficients of determination ranging from 0.9877 to 0.9925. The LODs for the pyrethroids ranged from 0.01 to 0.02 ng/g. The method provided a good repeatability with RSDs < 10.6%. The recoveries for the six pyrethroid pesticides were in the range from 90.0 to 103.7%. The method was applied to the determination of the pesticides in orange and lettuce samples with a satisfactory result.     

Determination of pesticides by solid phase extraction followed by gas chromatography with nitrogen–phosphorous detection in natural water and comparison with solvent drop microextraction

The European Union specificies that drinking water can contain pesticide residues at concentrations of up to 0.1 μg/L each and 0.5 μg/L in total, and that 1–3 μg/L of pesticides can be present in surface water, but the general idea is to keep discharges, emissions and losses of priority hazardous substances close to zero for synthetic substances. Therefore, in order to monitor pesticide levels in water, analytical methods with low quantification limits are required. The method proposed here is based on solid phase extraction (SPE) followed by gas chromatography with a nitrogen–phosphorous detector (GC-NPD). During method development, six organophosphate pesticides (azinphos-ethyl, chlorfenvinphos, chlorpyriphos, ethoprophos, fenamiphos and malathion) and two organonitrogen pesticides (alachlor and deltamethrin) were considered as target analytes. Elution conditions that could influence the efficiency of the SPE were studied. The optimized methodology exhibited good linearity, with determination coefficients of better than 0.996. The analytical recovery for the target analytes ranged from 70 to 100%, while the within-day precision was 4.0–11.5 %. The data also showed that the nature of the aqueous matrice (ultrapure, surface or drinking water) had no significant effect on the recovery. The quantification limits for the analytes were found to be 0.01–0.13 μg/L (except for deltamethrin, which was 1.0 μg/L). The present methodology is easy, rapid and gives better sensitivity than solvent drop microextraction for the determination of organonitrogen and organophosphate pesticides in drinking water at levels associated with the legislation.     

Identification and quantitation of pyrethroid pesticide residues in vegetables by solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry

A quantitative method consisting of solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization ion trap mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-ITMS) analysis was developed for the identification and quantitation of ten pyrethroid pesticides commonly used in vegetables. The best HPLC separation was achieved using a gradient program of methanol/water mixture. For the vegetable samples, an SPE procedure to clean up the matrices was carried out prior to LC/MS analysis. Under the optimum conditions, the limits of quantification of the pyrethroid pesticides (tetramethrin, allethrin, fenpropathrin, lambda-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, bioresmethrin, permethrin and bifenthrin) ranged from 0.03 to 0.1 mg kg-1 with relative standard deviations<20%, and the mean recoveries ranged from 69.5 to 102.5%. The proposed method has been successfully applied to the determination of pyrethroids in six vegetables with satisfactory results.     

Analysis of fenvalerate in its formulations and environmental samples using spectrophotometry

Two rapid, simple, sensitive, and nonextractive spectrophotometric methods were described for the determination of fenvalerate (syntheitic pyrethroid) in its formulations, water and grain samples. The methods are based on the hydrolysis of fenvalerate with methanolic NaOH to form 3-phenoxybenzaldehyde. The resultant aldehyde group was condensed with 4-aminoantipyrine in the basic medium to form a red product having λ_max at 489 nm or condensed with4,4′-methylene-bis-m-nitroaniline to form a plae red product with an absorption maximum of 513 nm. Beer’s law was obeyed over the range 0.6–10 μg/mL (molar absorptivity 2.184 × 10⁴ L/mol cm) for 4-aminoantityrine and over the range of 1–12 μg/mL (molar absorptivity 4.162 × 10⁴ L/mol cm) for 4,4′-methylene-bis-m-nitroaniline. The formations of color derivatives with the reagents are instantaneous and stable for 40 and 32 h, respectively. The methods were rapid, simple, sensitive, and free from nontarget species. The proposed methods have been applied to the determination of fenvalerate in its formulations and environmental samples. The text was submitted by the authors in English.     

Sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke

A method for sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke is described. Cigarette smoke is filtered through a glass fiber filter paper, and only gaseous compounds, such as hydrogen cyanide, are collected in a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. The cyanide is determined spectrophotometrically at 550 nm by the isonicotinic acid–pyrazolone method. Maximum absorbance is achieved within 10 min at room temperature, and remains constant for about 20 min. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range 0.04∼0.80 μg mL^–1 cyanide, with a molar absorptivity of 3.48 × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. Received: 30 November 1998 / Revised: 21 April 1999 / Accepted: 30 April 1999     

Sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke

A method for sampling and determination of hydrogen cyanide in cigarette smoke is described. Cigarette smoke is filtered through a glass fiber filter paper, and only gaseous compounds, such as hydrogen cyanide, are collected in a dilute sodium hydroxide solution. The cyanide is determined spectrophotometrically at 550 nm by the isonicotinic acid–pyrazolone method. Maximum absorbance is achieved within 10 min at room temperature, and remains constant for about 20 min. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range 0.04∼0.80 μg mL^–1 cyanide, with a molar absorptivity of 3.48 × 10⁴ L mol^–1 cm^–1. Received: 30 November 1998 / Revised: 21 April 1999 / Accepted: 30 April 1999     

羟基聚甲基苯基硅氧烷固相微萃取纤维的制备及在蔬菜中农药残留分析的应用

通过合成羟基聚甲基苯基硅氧烷(PMPS-OH)材料,制备固相微萃取(SPME)纤维涂层.通过与商品化聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)、聚丙烯酸酯(PA)和PDMS/聚二乙烯基苯(DVB)纤维对六六六异构体(α,β,γ,δ-BHC)、DDT及其衍生物(p,p′-DDD,p,p′-DDE,o,p′-DDT,p,p′-DDT)、联苯菊酯、甲氰菊酯、高效氟氯氰菊酯、三氟氯氰菊酯、氯氰菊酯和氰戊菊酯等选定农药萃取效果的比较,所制备的PMPS-OH纤维具有更好的萃取效率.对SPME实验条件进行了研究和优化,测定方法对各种农药的线性范围多在0.01～2 ng/g之间,相应的检出限在0.001～0.05 ng/g范围,回收率在50.5%～103%.方法已被应用于蔬菜样品中农残的检测.     

Polarographic determination of cyanide as nickelcyano complex in blood plasma after selective extraction in a methylene blue impregnated polyethylene column

A method for the determination of cyanide in blood plasma by differential pulse polarography (DPP) is described without a drastic acidification of the sample. Cyanide was determined as tetracyanonickelate(II)-anion complex after a microwave-acid assisted cleanup and a selective complex extraction in a polyethylene methylene blue (PE-MB) impregnated column. The cyano complex was eluted from the column with water/acetonitrile and determined by pulse-polarography at –380 mV (Ag/AgCl). The linear range of calibration was obtained from 1.2 to 9.6 μg of cyanide with r = 0.99 and RSD = 9% of 1.2 μg of cyanide. A detection limit of 40 μg L^–1 was calculated and the recoveries of cyanide from spiked samples were about 80%. This method was compared with the classical pyridine-pyrazolone method. Received: 3 September 1997 / Revised: 21 January 1998 / Accepted: 24 January 1998     

Design of a compressed air modulator to be used in comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography and its application in the determination of pesticide residues in grapes

In this study, a new modulator that is simple, robust and presents low operation costs, was developed. This modulator uses compressed air to cool two small portions in the first centimeters of the second chromatographic column of a comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography (GC × GC) system. The results show a variation in the peak area less than 3 and 5% to alkanes and pesticides, respectively. The standard deviations for the retention times in the first and second dimension are around 0.05 min and 0.05 s for all the compounds. The system was optimized with n-alkanes. The GC × GC system proposed was applied in the determination of pyrethroid pesticides (bifenthrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, esfenvalerate, cis- and trans-permethrin) in grape samples. Samples were extracted by the mini-Luke modified method and pesticides were quantified by comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography with micro electron-capture detection (μECD). The values of method limit of quantification (LOQ) were 0.01–0.02 mg kg⁻¹ for all studied pyrethroid and the values of recovery were between 94.3 and 115.2%, with good precision (RSD < 18.4%), demonstrating that the performance of the total method consisting of a modified Luke extraction method and determination by GC × GC-μECD are satisfactory. This study also showed that the system using a modulator with a double jet of compressed air has the potential for application in the analysis of a wider range of pesticide residues in other commodities since it provides low values of LOQ with acceptable accuracy and precision.     

微波辅助萃取-固相微萃取-气相色谱法同时测定茶叶中的有机氯和拟除虫菊酯农药残留

建立了微波辅助萃取-固相微萃取-气相色谱(MAE-SPME-GC)同时测定茶叶中六六六(α-BHC,β-BHC,γ-BHC,δ-BHC 4种异构体)、滴滴涕类(DDD,DDE,o,p′-DDT,p,p′-DDT)、氯氰菊酯(cypermethrin)和氰戊菊酯(fenvalerate)等10种农药残留的方法。采用外标法定量,除氰戊菊酯外,农药的质量浓度与其色谱峰面积在一定范围内有较好的线性关系,相关系数为0.9705～0.9984。10种组分的加标回收率为64%～121%,相对标准偏差为10.4%～22.9%,检测限为1～50 ng/L。应用该方法测定了市场上3种茶叶中上述农药残留的含量。     

On-line solid-phase extraction-gas chromatography-ion trap tandem mass spectrometric detection for the nanogram per liter analysis of trace pollutants in aqueous samples

Summary On-line solid-phase extraction-gas chromatographyion-trap tandem mass spectrometry (SPE-GC-MS/MS) has been used for the trace-level determination of polar and apolar pesticides. The SPE-GC interface, an Autoloop 2000, was operated at an injection temperature of 90°C which permitted the determination of thermolabile pesticides such as carbofuran and carbaryl. Rectilinear calibration curves were obtained for the analytes tested over a range of 0.1–500 ng L⁻¹, using a sample volume of 10–100 mL for enrichment on an SPE cartridge packed with styrene-divinylbenzene copolymer. The detection limits for the pesticides were in the 0.01–4 ng L⁻¹ range. For a number of pesticides acceptable tandem mass spectra were obtained at levels as low as 0.1 ng L⁻¹ level in real-life water samples. As a demonstration of the applicability of this technique for inorganic anions, bromide and nitrite were converted into 4-bromoacetanilide and 2-phenylphenol, respectively. The reaction products were pooled and subjected to simultaneous analysis by the present method using full-scan mass spectrometric detection. The detection limits were 0.3 and 2 ng L⁻¹, respectively.     

Determination of selected pesticides by GC with simultaneous detection by MS (NCI) and μ-ECD in fruit and vegetable matrices

A gas chromatography–mass spectrometry method in negative chemical ionization mode has been developed incorporating simultaneous detection using a micro-electron capture detector (μ-ECD) for the determination of pesticides in fruits and vegetables. This instrument configuration uses a three-way splitter device which divides the effluent from the analytical column between the two detectors with the split ratio 1:0.1 (MSD/μ-ECD) in each run. The μ-ECD was used for confirmation purposes. Validation of the method was performed on three matrices: tomato, apple, and orange. The ethyl acetate method was assayed; recovery studies were performed at 10 and 100 μg/kg. Recoveries between 70% and 120% were achieved and relative standard deviations lower than 20% (n = 5) were obtained for all pesticides and matrices studied. Limits of quantification lower than 10 μg/kg were obtained for 100% of pesticides in all of the matrices. Limits of quantification lower than 2.5 μg/kg were achieved for 77.8% of pesticides in the tomato and apple matrices, and for 72.2% of pesticides in the orange matrix. The method showed linear response in the concentration range tested (2.5–500 μg/kg) with correlation coefficients >0.99. Good repeatability and reproducibility results were obtained in all cases, with relative standard deviations lower than 16.7% and 20%, respectively. Finally, 20 incurred samples were analyzed using the proposed method. The simultaneous use of the two detectors was satisfactory for the analysis of these real samples. The total number of pesticides identified was 25. The number of samples which contained at least one pesticide was 15—this represented 75% of the total number of samples studied.     

气相色谱法测定地表水中拟除虫菊酯类农药残留

建立了气相色谱检测地表水样中痕量氯氟氰菊酯、氯氰菊酯、氰戊菊酯和溴氰菊酯农药残留的分析方法。水样经环己烷液液萃取、无水硫酸钠过滤,再用N-丙基乙二胺和无水硫酸镁净化,用氮气吹干浓缩,再用正己烷溶解,离心分离后取上清液进样,以气相色谱法测定4种拟除虫菊酯的含量。4种拟除虫菊酯化合物的质量浓度在5~200μg/L范围内与色谱峰面积成良好的线性关系,相关系数均大于0.999,方法检出限为0.03~0.09μg/L,模拟水样的平均加标回收率为98.0%~104.5%,相对标准偏差为0.89%~6.44%(n=6)。该方法操作方便、快速,结果准确、可靠,有机溶剂用量少,适用于水中拟除虫菊酯类农药残留的测定。     

Ternary complexes in the spectrophotometric determination of trace amounts of silver(I) and cadmium(II)

The reaction of silver(I) and cadmium(II) with 1,10-phenanthroline (PHEN) and Eosin (2,4,5,7-tetrabromofluorescein) gives coloured association complexes. The solution spectra of the mixed-ligand complexes are characterised by high intensity (∈ ≈ 10⁴) metal-to-ligand charge-transfer bands at 540–555nm. The optimum conditions for the spectrophotometric determination of Ag(I) or Cd(II) have been established. A simple, sensitive and selective method was proposed for the determination of traces of the metal ions either in aqueous or organic media. In the presence of EDTA only aluminium and cyanide interfere.     

Application of SiO2 hollow fibers for sorptive microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry determination of organochlorine pesticides in herbal matrices

A method involving simultaneous extraction and sample clean-up procedure: hollow fiber sorptive microextraction, coupled with gas chromatography–mass spectrometric detection for quantification of seven organochlorine pesticides in Radix et Rhizoma Rhei is described. SiO₂ hollow fiber with porous structure was synthesized for the first time. The internal diameter of SiO₂ hollow fiber is 380 μm and average wall thickness is 100 μm. Aggregated SiO₂ particles deposited on the surface of the hollow fiber in a regular array lead to porous structure. SiO₂ hollow fiber was applied to the determination of organochlorine pesticides in Radix et Rhizoma Rhei to avoid sample clean-up and minimize the matrix effects. Extraction solvent, extraction temperature and equilibration time were optimized. Fiber to fiber repeatability over the concentration ranges were less than 10%. Recoveries were satisfactory (between 63% and 115%) for most of organochlorine pesticides at spiking levels. Furthermore, the proposed method was also applied to determine seven organochlorine pesticides in 43 commercial Radix et Rhizoma Rhei samples, in which the selected pesticides were found in eight samples. The results have been further confirmed by solvent extraction methods according to China Pharmacopoeia (2005).     

Semi-automated liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for basic pesticides in wastewater effluents

Effluent from wastewater treatment plants have been identified as an important source of micro-organic contaminants in the environment. An online high-performance liquid chromatography–heated electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometric method was developed and validated for the determination of basic pesticides in effluent wastewaters. Most available methods for pesticide analysis of wastewater samples are time-consuming, require complex clean-up steps and are difficult to automate. The method developed used a simple solid-phase extraction clean-up for salt and lipid reduction. On-line sample pre-concentration was performed using a reversed phase (C₁₈) column, and analytes were separated by back-flushing onto an analytical column (C₈) with detection using QqQ MS. An option to increase MS resolution was exploited to minimize interference from endogenous compounds in the matrix. A better than unit mass resolution was used (Q1 full width half maximum (FWHM) = 0.2 Da and Q3 FWHM = 0.7 Da), which was as rugged as a unit resolution method, and improved signal/noise and better detection limits were achieved for the targeted basic pesticides. This method was applied to the determination of 11 pesticides, including methoxytriazine, chlorotriazines, chloroacetanilides, phenylurea and carbamate pesticides. The percentage recovery values for these pesticides using the online trapping column were within the range, 73–95%, with relative standard deviation (RSD) values <8.9%. The highest concentrations of these pesticides in wastewater effluents in County Cork, Ireland, were simazine (0.51 μg/L), prometon (0.14 μg/L), diuron (0.21 μg/L) and atrazine (0.19 μg/L).     

Determination of residues of endosulfan and five pyrethroid insecticides in virgin olive oil using gas chromatography with electron-capture detection

A simple, fast and economical method has been developed for the determination of endosulfan and five pyrethroid insecticides, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fenvalerate, lambda-cyhalothrin and permethrin, in virgin olive oil. The method uses a Sep-Pak alumina-N column cleanup after a liquid-liquid extraction or low-temperature precipitation step, and gas chromatography (GC) with electron-capture detection. The matrix effect was assessed for the GC systems used. Recoveries were 71-91% with RSD values of 6-17%. The method was applied to 338 virgin olive oil samples for monitoring of residues of these pesticides. Cypermethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin were detected at the limit of quantification in one sample each, while 22% of samples contained endosulfan residues, mostly at very low levels ranging from 0.02 to 0.57 mg/kg.     

Determination of atrazine in environmental and biological samples using solid phase extraction and spectrophotometry

An analytical method employing a combination of solid phase extraction and spectrophotometry is proposed for the determination of a widely used herbicide atrazine. This combination is very simple and cheaper than chromatography and mass spectrometry based methods. The proposed method also reduced the use of toxic solvents. The method is based on the reaction of atrazine with pyridine to form a quaternary halide, which forms a carbinol base in the presence of alkali. Carbinol undergoes cleavage of heterocyclic ring to form glutaconic aldehyde that is subsequently coupled with sulphanilic acid to give a yellow orange dye which is measured spectrophotometrically at 460 nm. Beer’s law is obeyed in the range 0.07–0.7 μg/mL of atrazine. Molar absorptivity and Sandell’s sensitivity were found to be 2.2 × 10⁵ L/mol cm and 0.0009 μg/cm², respectively. Breakthrough volume is found to be more than 100 mL. The use of solid phase extraction increases the sensitivity ten times. The proposed method is sensitive and found to be free from the interference of a large number of foreign species and other pesticides. The developed method was applied to spiked environmental and biological samples, the recovery was in the range from 95.2 to 99.2% with RSD of 0.36%. The article is published in the original.