Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry identification of imidacloprid photolysis products

Photolysis of imidacloprid by near ultraviolet (UV) radiation was investigated using reversed phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) and liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry (LC-ESI/MS) operated in the positive ion mode. The decomposition of imidacloprid by near UV light is first order with a half life of 10.18 h. Photo-degradation products of imidacloprid identified in this study included imidacloprid urea, imidacloprid olefin, and imidacloprid desnitro. A degradation pathway is proposed for imidacloprid from an examination of the product decay curves obtained in this monitoring study which was performed in a batch test mode.     

Toxic effects of imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor on Rana nigromaculata tadpoles: Growth,antioxidant indices and thyroid hormone-related endocrine system

Imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor have potential damage to nontarget aquatic organisms. However, limited information has been provided on their underlying toxicity effects on Rana nigromaculata tadpoles. Thus, the acute toxicity and chronic effects of imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor on R. nigromaculata tadpoles were studied. Acute toxicity indicted that 96 h for LC₅₀ values of  imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor were 173.55 and 427.37 mg/L, respectively. In this research, we explored antioxidant enzymes, some biological indexes, hormone levels and expression of relative tadpole genes involved in thyroid hormone-dependent metaplastic development after exposure for 28 days under 1/10 and 1/100 LC₅₀. Results showed an increase in the activity of antioxidant enzymes such as superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) in the tadpoles, and a low bioconcentration level with a bioconcentration factor (BCFs) < 1. The impact on the development of tadpoles was induced by the breakdown of hormonal levels engaged in metamorphosis. According to the real-time PCR results, imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor delayed amphibian metamorphosis by modifying mRNA expression, indicating that imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor may have an endocrine-disrupting effect on R. nigromaculata tadpoles. These findings were indicative of the toxicity of imidacloprid and sulfoxaflor to R. nigromaculata tadpoles.     

HPLC法同时测定苹果及浓缩苹果汁中吡虫清等4种农药的残留量

建立了反相高效液相色谱-双波长检测法同时测定苹果及浓缩苹果汁中多菌灵、噻菌灵、吡虫啉、吡虫清4种农药残留量的方法。苹果样品经乙腈提取,加水稀释,而浓缩苹果汁样品直接用体积分数20%乙腈稀释后,利用CH2Cl2液-液萃取净化。分析时用C18色谱柱分离,以乙腈-0.05%冰乙酸系统梯度洗脱,选择246 nm和280 nm双波长检测。该方法4种农药的线性关系良好(r≥0.9999),检出限均为0.002 mg/kg,加标回收率在84.3%~109.1%范围内,相对标准偏差为2.0%~5.4%。本方法能够满足农药残留检测要求。     

高效液相色谱法同时测定中药材亳菊中多菌灵、吡虫啉和啶虫脒的残留量

建立了同时测定中药材亳菊中多菌灵、吡虫啉和啶虫脒残留量的高效液相色谱分析方法。样品经盐酸溶液超声提取,乙醚除杂,二氯甲烷萃取后,采用ODS柱,以V(乙腈):V(0.1%磷酸,三乙胺调pH至3.6)=14:86为流动相,270nm波长处检测。结果三种农药呈良好的线性关系(r为0.9997、0.9998和0.9999),最低检出浓度分别为0.04,0.02和0.1 mg/kg。方法的平均加标回收率范围分别为:83.8%～101.3%,81.8%～90.8%和83.6%～95.0%,对应的RSD分别为:3.9%～4.3%,2.6%～3.3%和3.5%～5.9%。方法能够满足多菌灵、吡虫啉和啶虫脒在中药材亳菊中残留分析的要求。     

Development of a photochemically induced fluorescence-based optosensor for the determination of imidacloprid in peppers and environmental waters

A novel flow-through solid phase spectroscopic assembly implemented with photochemically induced fluorescence (PIF) has been developed for the rapid, sensitive and selective determination of imidacloprid. The pesticide is derivatized on-line by irradiation with ultraviolet light providing an intensively fluorescent compound. The determination is carried out by measuring the fluorescence intensity of the photoproduct once retained on C₁₈ silica gel filling the flow-cell. The method proposed has been applied to the determination of imidacloprid in natural waters and peppers. The quantification limit (QL) (0.015 mg kg⁻¹) in peppers was lower than the maximum residue limit (MRL) established by Spanish Legislation (0.5 mg kg⁻¹). The method also seems to be suitable for environmental water analysis providing satisfactory recoveries (94.0-108.6%). The results obtained in the analysis of real samples are in good agreement with those provided by a reference liquid chromatography (HPLC) method.     

普鲁士蓝纳米碳管修饰玻碳电极测定吡虫啉的研究

用纳米碳管修饰的玻碳电极以0.1 mol/L NH3-NH4Cl缓冲溶液为底液,用线性扫描伏安法对吡虫啉农药进行了测定。吡虫啉在-1.04 V出现的还原峰电流的大小与吡虫啉的浓度在1.34×10-7~2.94×10-5mol/L范围内呈良好的线性关系。本方法的检出限为5.0×10-8mol/L。本文对不同的修饰电极性能进行了研究,结果发现在玻碳电极上先修饰普鲁士蓝再修饰纳米碳管的电极对吡虫啉的响应最好,峰型最好,峰电流最大,测定最灵敏。     

QuEChERS-高效液相色谱检测土壤中的吡虫啉

建立了测定土壤中吡虫啉的方法。土壤样品以乙酸-乙腈(体积比为0.1∶100)溶液提取,分散固相萃取净化,乙腈-水为流动相(体积比为7∶13),流速0.9 mL/min,270 nm检测,外标法定量。方法的线性范围为0.1~50μg/mL,线性相关系数为0.9994。平均加标回收率为90.1%~94.5%,RSD为0.7%~4.9%(n=6)。方法检测限为0.001 mg/kg(以信噪比为3计),定量限为0.004 mg/kg(以信噪比为10计)。该方法可用于新建房屋白蚁预防土壤化学屏障中吡虫啉的检测。     

Sensitive and selective determination of imidacloprid with magnetic molecularly imprinted polymer by using LC/Q-TOF/MS

In this paper, magnetic-molecularly imprinted polymer was used for the preconcentration of trace levels of imidacloprid in water and apple samples prior to liquid chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometric determination. The selectivity of the magnetic polymer was united with the sensitivity and the high resolving power of the chromatographic system. The developed method showed a linear range from 10.0 to 500.0 µg/L. The quantitative recoveries were obtained for water and apple samples in the range of 92.0%–99.0 %. The relative standard deviations of intra-day and inter-day tests were found to be in the range of 0.8%–1.2% and 1.2%–1.6 %, respectively. In addition, the same magnetic-molecularly imprinted polymer (MMIP) can be used at least ten cycles for the determination of imidacloprid. The preconcentration factor of the method was found to be 2.5, and the total preconcentration procedure can be completed in 1 h. Characterization of synthesised particles were executed with various techniques. Due to its suitable limit of detection, dynamic linear range, sensitivity and selectivity, the developed method seemed to be ideal for the determination and preconcentration of imidacloprid in water and fruit samples.     

Sensitive determination of thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and acetamiprid in environmental water samples with solid-phase extraction packed with multiwalled carbon nanotubes prior to high-performance liquid chromatography

This paper describes a novel method for sensitive determination of thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and acetamiprid based on solid-phase extraction with multiwalled carbon nanotubes as the packed materials. Factors that maybe influence the enrichment efficiency, such as sample flow rate, sample pH, and sample volume, were investigated in detail. Under the optimized conditions, the detection limits of thiamethoxam, imidacloprid and acetamiprid were 6.1, 5.4 and 6.7 ng L⁻¹, respectively. The experimental results indicated that there was good linearity (R ²>0.9993) over the range of 0.08~100 ng mL⁻¹ and good reproducibility with the relative standard deviations over the range of 0.7~1.1% (n=6). The proposed method has been applied to the analysis of real-world water samples, and satisfactory achievements were obtained. The average spiked recoveries were in the range of 87.5~109.8%. All the results indicated that the proposed method could be used for the simultaneous determination of the three pesticides in environmental water samples at trace levels.     

吸收光度法中的峰位移

该文从吸收干扰、单色光性质及被测物吸收特性改变三个方面探讨了吸收光度法中吸收峰位移的原因、影响及其消除与应用。重点论述了吸收干扰中的相长与相消干扰引起的吸收峰位移规律。该规律为研究试剂与溶剂中杂质、样品中共存物、反应试剂与产物等的吸收干扰引起被测吸收峰位置、高度及形状的变化提供了理论依据。运用被测物标准溶液的正、负吸光度吸收曲线提供的信息与吸收峰位移规律研究吸收光度法应用的新方法,为定量分析、消除共存物干扰、化学反应及试剂选择性等研究提供了新手段。作为峰的相长与相消干扰引起的测定峰位移规律也适用于检测峰的其它仪器分析。     

Absorption and distribution of lupeol in CD‐1 mice evaluated by UPLC–APCI+–MS/MS

Lupeol is a dietary triterpene that shows limited water solubility, which affects its bioavailability. It is well known that poor oral bioavailability is one of the major causes of therapeutic variability. Lupeol has been reported to have multiple biological activities; however, there are no reports about its bioavailability. Therefore, the objective of this research was to evaluate the systemic bioavailability of lupeol. An experimental strategy with three groups of female CD‐1 strain mice was proposed (control, olive oil and lupeol in olive oil), at six experimental times (0.5, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 h) with four animals per experimental point. Mice were sacrificed for organs, urine, feces and blood collection. Lupeol was extracted from samples and analyzed by UPLC–APCI⁺–MS/MS, obtaining the pharmacokinetics parameters time to peak concentration 6.444 ± 0.851 h and peak concentration 8.071 ± 2.930 μg/mL. Study of direct digestion and absorption in various organs showed important concentrations of lupeol at earlier post‐administration times (stomach, 137.25 ± 19.94 ng/mg and small intestine, 99.00 ± 12.99 ng/mg). The main excretion route was fecal, with a peak at 12 h post‐administration (163.28 ± 9.83 μg/mg). Absorption of lupeol by the animals was better than expected despite its nonpolar nature (extent of absorption F = 0.645 ± 0.0581).     

A bare-eye based one-step signal amplified semiquantitative immunochromatographic assay for the detection of imidacloprid in Chinese cabbage samples

A novel bare-eye based one-step signal amplified semi-quantitative immunochromatographic assay (SAS-ICA) was developed for detection of the pesticide imidacloprid. This method was based on competitive immunoreactions. Signal amplification was achieved by dual labeling of the test lines (TLs) on the strip using high affinity nanogold-biotinylated anti-imidacloprid mAb (BAb) and nanogold-streptavidin (Sa) probes. The relative color intensities of three TLs (TL-I, TL-II and TL-III) on a nitrocellulose (NC) membrane were used for direct visual analysis of the SAS-ICA strips, and could be used for semi-quantitation of analyte concentrations by observing what TLs disappeared in the amplification zone. Under optimized conditions, the following imidacloprid concentration ranges would be detected by visual examination of the SAS-ICA strip: 0–5 ng mL⁻¹ (negative samples), and 5–25 ng mL⁻¹, 25–250 ng mL⁻¹, 250–1000 ng mL⁻¹ and >1000 ng mL⁻¹ (positive samples). The sensitivity (the visual detection limit (VDL) of TL-III) and semi-quantitative analytical capacity (when TL-III disappeared completely) of the SAS-ICA strip were 10-fold and 160-fold higher than those of traditional ICA, respectively. The developed SAS-ICA strip was applied to the analysis of spiked and authentic contaminated Chinese cabbage samples in the laboratory and under field conditions, and the results were validated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This process could be adopted as a potential generous technique for all ICA-based detection methods.     

镥、镱基体在石墨炉原子吸收光谱中的背景吸收研究

利用镥、镱基体在石墨炉中的蒸发行为研究了背景吸收的来源 ,讨论利用基体改进剂减少氯化物背景吸收的方法 ,为镥、镱基体中超痕量元素的精确测定提供帮助。     

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry Analysis of Silicates by the Absorption Tube Technique

Abstract

By the combined use of the absorption tube technique and solvent extraction, determination of cadmium, cobalt, copper, iron, lead and nickel in silicate rocks was investigated.

Applicable concentration range was from 0.1 to 1.Oppm for all the elements except cadmium, for which the range was from 0.005 to 0.025ppm. The accuracy and recovery determined by the use of standard samples from the United States National Bureau of Standards and Geological Survey were satisfactory for practical purposes.     

Flow injection analysis of imidacloprid in natural waters and agricultural matrixes by photochemical dissociation, chemical reduction, and nitric oxide chemiluminescence detection

A flow injection analysis (FIA) to quantify imidacloprid was developed based upon (1) ultraviolet (254 nm) photochemical dissociation of imidacloprid to produce nitrite, (2) chemical reduction of the nitrite to nitric oxide by iodide in acid, (3) removal of gas-phase nitric oxide from the aqueous stream using a membrane separator, and (4) detection of the nitric oxide by chemiluminescent reaction with ozone. The cross-reactivity of imidacloprid with eight metabolites of imidacloprid was determined using a commercial ELISA kit and the FIA method. While the ELISA kit demonstrated varying degrees of cross-reactivity, cross-reactivity in the FIA method was observed for only the N-nitro and N-nitroso metabolites. The optimized analytical FIA method, FIA provides a linear response in imidacloprid concentration over four orders of magnitude, has a limit of detection of 5.6 pmol (1.5 ng) of imidacloprid, and exhibits an inter-day precision of 0.4%. Spike-recoveries by FIA demonstrated excellent recovery of imidacloprid in natural waters, hemlock xylem fluid, honey, and grapes with little to no interference from the matrix.     

Co/C微波吸收性能及Co/C-聚氨酯相变复合材料的微波-热转换性能

通过热解金属有机骨架ZIF-67的方法成功制备了具有优异微波吸收性能的Co/C碳基复合材料。 在600 ℃热解温度下获得的吸收剂质量分数为35% 的样品,最小反射损耗可达到-54.30 dB,其厚度仅为1.75 mm。 通过分析样品的损耗能力和阻抗匹配等微波吸收特性,发现复合材料中的骨架结构等对其阻抗匹配性能有非常大的影响。 并通过原位复合的方法制备了分散均匀的Co/C-PU相变复合材料,初步研究了其微波-热转换性能。 实验表明,微波吸收剂的添加量对其微波-热转换性能影响显著,发热效率随添加量成倍升高。 本文研究的Co/C-PU相变复合材料在电磁屏蔽、雷达红外兼容隐身等方面具有很大的应用潜力。 此外,固固相变材料结合微波热效应的快速高效等特点,用于储能或者其他热应用也有独特的优势。     

Reverse Saturable Optical Absorption of C60, Soluble Methanofullerenes, and Fullerodendrimers in Sol-Gel Mesoporous Silica Host Matrices

Porous sol-gel glasses with various pore size distributions are prepared and either impregnated with pure C₆₀ or soaked with methanofullerenes or fullerodendrimers derivative solution. Induced absorption or reverse saturable absorption (RSA) has been studied in both types of solid materials. The samples impregnated by pure C₆₀ mainly contain well-dispersed fullerene molecules. Unlike crystalline films of C₆₀, their absorption dynamics can be well described by a 5-level model, developed for non-interacting C₆₀-molecules in solutions. Methanofullerene samples, on the other hand, show signs of micellar aggregation and therefore RSA dynamics, which are influenced by solid state effects. Fullerodendrimers derivatives lead to the highest quantum yield.     

Separation of imidacloprid and its degradation products using reversed phase liquid chromatography with water rich mobile phases

Water rich mobile phases in RPLC are not generally used because of the longer retention times involved when organic modifiers such as methanol or acetonitrile are used. The problem of longer retention times can be addressed using hydrophobic alcohols such as pentanol in low quantities (less than 1%) as organic modifiers. The advantages of using these mobile phases in RPLC for the separation of water soluble and weakly retained congeners is demonstrated through the separation of imidacloprid and its degradation products using a 0.4% pentanol in water mobile phase with 0.2% acetic acid.     

石墨炉原子吸收光谱中海水的背景吸收研究

由于海水的成分复杂,含盐量高,给用石墨炉直接测定其中的痕量杂质带来许多困难^[1]。Sturgeon等用预先分离的方法来克服干扰^[2]。为了进行直接测定,研究海水背景吸收的来源、特点和消除方法是重要的。海水背景吸收的波长特性和在石墨管内蒸发行为的研究表明,海水的背景吸收主要来自氯化钠。时间特性的研究表明,背景吸收的时间分布及背景峰高与原子化阶段的加热方式和原子化温度有关。作者还研究了基体改进。剂和其它减小背景吸收的方法。