Optimization of high-performance liquid chromatography and solid-phase extraction for determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues in environmental samples

High-performance liquid chromatography with solid-phase extraction (HPLC-SPE) was optimized for the analysis of three organophosphorus pesticide residues in water, apples and vegetable samples. Octadecylsilica disks (47-mm diameter) were used for solid-phase extraction. The parameters that affect both separation and extraction of methyl parathion, parathion and phoxim, such as mobile-phase composition, ionic strength, temperature, pH, and breakthrough volume, were investigated. The application of optimized HPLC-SPE to environmental samples gave reproducible results with low detection limits of 5 µg L^?1 for methyl parathion and parathion and 2.5 µgL^?1. Precisions of less than 8, 9 and 12% were obtained for water, spinach and apple samples, respectively.     

茶叶中7种有机磷农药残留量的同时测定

采用配有FPD检测器的气相色谱仪测定茶叶中多种有机磷的农药残留量. 对样品的前处理进行了探讨, 结果表明, 样品用乙酸乙酯和少量苯提取, 过硅胶-活性炭柱净化, 同时用乙酸乙酯和少量苯洗脱, 7种有机磷在HP-35柱上得到很好的分离, 且方法准确快速、重现性、回收率好, 符合实际工作需要.     

固相萃取-气相色谱法检测茶叶中的有机磷农药残留量

建立了茶叶中22种有机磷农药的残留量的气相色谱分析方法. 样品用V(乙腈)∶V(丙酮)＝4∶1提取, 经Envi-Carb固相小柱净化, 以V(乙腈)∶V(甲苯)＝3∶1洗脱, GC-FPD检测, 外标法定量. 在添加0.05～1.0 mg/kg的水平, 22种有机磷的平均回收率在81.3%～107.9%之间, 相对标准偏差在1.1%～8.9%, 该方法的检出限为0.01～0.04 mg/kg. 该方法的灵敏度、准确度和精密度均符合农药残留量测定的技术要求.     

Continuous-flow extraction of organophosphorus pesticides coupled on-line with high-performance liquid chromatography

A continuous-flow extraction system coupled on-line with a high-performance liquid chromatograph with an ultraviolet detector is used to study the extraction of three organophosphorus pesticides (fenthion, azinphos methyl and diazinon) from aqueous samples with n-heptane as the organic solvent. Diazinon was not extracted significantly. The influence on the extraction of different parameters (coil length, flow rate and phase volume ratio) were studied. The calibration graphs are linear for 0.5–7 mg l^?1 and 8–20 mg l^?1 foor azinphos methyl where the percentage extraction (E%) is 90% and 70%, respectively, and up to 4 mg l^?1 for fenthion, where the E% is 33%. The detection limits and the relative standard deviations are 0.04 and 0.09 mg l^?1, and 3.4 and 5.3%, for azinphos methyl fenthion, respectively. Other pesticides and related compounds were found not to interfere. The sample throughput of this method was 15 h^?1.     

Catanionic surfactant ambient cloud point extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography for simultaneous analysis of organophosphorus pesticide residues in water and fruit juice samples

A mixed anionic–cationic surfactant cloud point extraction (CPE) has been developed using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBABr) for the extraction and preconcentration of organophosphorus pesticides (OPPs) at ambient temperature before analysis by high-performance liquid chromatography. The studied OPPs were azinphos-methyl, parathion-methyl, fenitrothion, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, and prothiophos. The optimum conditions of the mixed anionic–cationic CPE were 50 mmol L⁻¹ SDS, 100 mmol L⁻¹ TBABr, and 10% (w/v) NaCl. The extracted OPPs were successfully separated within 11 min using the conditions of a Waters Symmetry C8 column, a flow rate of 0.8 mL min⁻¹, a gradient elution of methanol and water, and detection at 210 nm. Linearity was found over the range 0.05–5 μg mL⁻¹, with the correlation coefficients higher than 0.996. The enrichment factor of the target analytes was in the range 6–11, which corresponds to their limits of detection from 1 to 30 ng mL⁻¹. High precisions (intra-day and inter-day) were obtained with relative standard deviation <1.5% (t _R) and 10% (peak area). Accuracies (% recovery) of the different spiked OPP concentrations were 82.7–109.1% (water samples) and 80.3–113.3% (fruit juice samples). No contamination by the OPPs was observed in any studied samples.     

超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱法快速筛查茶叶中的204种农药残留

利用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-Q-TOF/MS)技术建立了茶叶中204种农药残留的快速筛查和确证检测方法。样品采用乙腈提取,经Carb-PSA固相萃取小柱净化,用乙腈-甲苯(3:1, v/v)洗脱,采用UPLC-Q-TOF/MS检测,外标法定量。建立了204种农药的一级精确质量数据库和二级谱图库,通过化合物的精确质量数、保留时间、同位素比值等信息对检测结果进行自动检索,从而在无对照标准品的情况下完成了204种农药的定性鉴定。结果表明,该方法可以同时对茶叶中204种农药残留进行快速筛查,在10、20、50 μg/kg 3个添加水平下的平均回收率为68.1%~117.2%,相对标准偏差为3.1%~18.9%。定量限均小于10 μg/kg。采用本方法对4份阳性样品进行检测,所得结果与GB/T 23205-2008的检测结果基本一致。该方法快速、灵敏、准确,可用于茶叶中204种农药残留的快速筛查。     

反吹-气相色谱法检测蔬菜中的有机磷农药残留

采用反吹技术改进了气相色谱检测大批量蔬菜样品中有机磷农药残留的方法。在样品中加入乙腈、氯化钠混合溶液振荡,离心分层,得到乙腈提取液。取部分提取液浓缩、定容,用配备火焰光度检测器及微流控装置的气相色谱仪进行有机磷农药检测。16种有机磷农药在0.040～3.20 mg/L内具有良好的线性关系(r＞0.9996)。回收率为75.2%～111.5%,相对标准偏差为2.8%～10.4%,检出限为0.003～0.01 mg/kg。通过反吹可以有效降低基质效应影响,缩短每个样品的运行时间,减少停机维护和材料消耗,节约38%的检测时间。     

QuEChERS样品前处理-液相色谱-串联质谱法测定蔬菜中66种有机磷农药残留量方法评估

比较了两种版本QuEChERS方法(即发表于2003年未加缓冲盐的原创QuEChERS方法及加乙酸盐缓冲液的AOAC 2007.01方法)提取蔬菜中66种有机磷农药(OPPS)的有效性;考察了乙二胺-N-丙基硅烷(PSA)及C18吸附剂对66种OPPS的吸附作用;以提取后添加法评估了青花菜、番茄、枝豆、萝卜、大葱基质中各目标物液相色谱-串联质谱(LC-MS/MS)分析的基质效应。结果表明,加入乙酸盐缓冲液的QuEChERS方法对一些OPPS有较高及较稳定的回收率;PSA及C18吸附剂可吸附二溴磷,QuEChERS样品前处理方法不适于二溴磷分析;5种样品基质中青花菜的基质效应最大。据此采用AOAC 2007.01方法并优化LC-MS/MS分析参数,一次进样监测132对离子对(每个化合物2对离子对)分析蔬菜中66种OPPS残留量,除二溴磷外,65种OPPS在5种基质(青花菜、番茄、枝豆、萝卜、大葱)、3个添加水平(10、40、80 μg/kg)的回收率为55%～122%,相对标准偏差为1.6%～18%,定量限(以信噪比(S/N)≥10计)为0.1～8 μg/kg。以上结果说明该法有效、耐用、灵敏,符合法规残留限量监测要求。     

Analysis of pesticide residues in matrices with high lipid contents by membrane separation coupled on-line to a high-performance liquid chromatography system

Separation through membranes coupled to an HPLC system was used as a technique for the analysis of pesticide multiresidues in samples with high lipid contents. As well as the usual procedure, in the proposed system it is possible to recirculate the sample through the membrane cell, which permits the extraction system to be applied to cases in which only a very small volume of sample is available. A procedure for pesticide multiresidue analysis in egg samples was developed as a representative example of the applicability of the proposed method. To accomplish this, the analytes (dichlorvos, dimethoate, propoxur, paraoxon, pirimicarb, atrazine, ametryne, terbutryne, azinphos-methyl, folpet) were subjected to prior extraction in a Soxhlet system, after which the extract was introduced into the membrane separation device coupled to the HPLC system. This procedure afforded clean chromatograms, hence considerably facilitating determination, and at the same time was efficient in removing macromolecular compounds. For egg samples, spiked at a concentration level of 0.750 mg/kg, recoveries ranged from 60 to 98%. The detection limits varied from 0.018 mg/kg for dichlorvos to 0.002 mg/kg for atrazine.     

Coupled high-performance liquid chromatography-gas chromatography for the determination of pesticide residues in biological matrices

A fully automated high-performance liquid chromatography-gas chromatography (HPLC-GC) network is described. A ten-port valve set up as a loop type LC-GC interface allowed the transfer of large LC effluent fractions into the gas chromatograph by concurrent solvent evaporation. The system performed highly efficient sample enrichment and clean up by LC and on-line GC separation with sensitive electron-capture detection. The efficiency of the system was demonstrated by application to the trace analysis of N-(3-chloro-2,6-dimethylphenyl)-N-(2-oxotetrahydrofuranyl)-2-me thoxyacetamide (CGA 80000) in various crops and soil samples. The residue level determined was 0.02 mg/kg for crop samples and 0.01 mg/kg for soil samples. The relative standard deviations of the calibration graphs were in the range 2-5%; the mean recovery was greater than 85%.     

液相色谱法检测水果蔬菜中的烟碱类农药残留

建立了果蔬样品中5种烟碱类农药(噻虫嗪、吡虫啉、啶虫脒、噻虫啉、噻虫胺)残留的液相色谱快速检测方法。样品采用乙腈提取,浓缩,水转溶后经ENVI-18固相萃取柱净化,0.02 mol/L NaOH预淋洗除去柱上中等极性干扰物,100%乙腈1 mL洗脱5种烟碱类残留,反相高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测器检测。在黄瓜空白基质中0.1~1.0 mg/kg的加标浓度范围内,5种农药的回收率为50.8%~108.9%,相对标准偏差(RSD)小于15%;而苹果、梨、香蕉、西红柿和韭菜空白基质在0.1~1.0 mg/kg添加水平下,5种农药的回收率均大于80%,RSD小于11%。所测试的6种果蔬样品中噻虫嗪、噻虫胺、吡虫啉的检出限(LOD)为0.01~0.02 mg/kg,啶虫咪和噻虫啉的LOD为0.03~0.05 mg/kg,方法可满足水果蔬菜中烟碱类农药多残留分析的要求。     

High-performance thin-layer chromatographic analysis of selected organophosphorous pesticide residues in tea

The separation of 9 organophosphates (monocrotophos, quinalphos, triazophos, parathion-methyl, isofenphos-methyl, temephos, parathion, phoxim-ethyl, and chlorpyrifos) by high-performance thin-layer chromatography (HPTLC) with automated multiple development was studied. The HPTLC method was developed and validated for analysis of residues of phoxim-ethyl and chlorpyrifos in tea. The sample was extracted with acetonitrile and cleaned up by ENVI-CARB solid-phase extraction. The extract was directly applied as bands to glass-backed silica gel 60F254 HPTLC plates. The plates were developed with dichloromethane-hexane (1 + 1, v/v) in a glass twin-trough chamber. Evaluation of the developed HPTLC plates was performed densitometrically. The results indicated that the detection limits of phoxim and chlorpyrifos were 5.0 x 10(-9) and 1.0 x 10(-8) g, respectively. Recoveries of the pesticides from tea by this analytical method were 90.7-105.5%, and relative standard deviations were 7.3-13.5%. The precision and accuracy of the method were generally satisfactory for analysis of pesticide residues in tea.     

Determination of thiol compounds by solid-phase extraction using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as adsorbent coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection

Microchimica Acta - We describe a method for solid-phase extraction of biogenic thiols using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as adsorbent, and their subsequent determination via HPLC and fluorescence...     

Determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in food samples by automated on-line in-tube solid-phase microextraction coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection

A simple and sensitive automated method, consisting of in-tube solid-phase microextraction (SPME) coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection (HPLC-FLD), was developed for the determination of 15 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food samples. PAHs were separated within 15 min by HPLC using a Zorbax Eclipse PAH column with a water/acetonitrile gradient elution program as the mobile phase. The optimum in-tube SPME conditions were 20 draw/eject cycles of 40 μL of sample using a CP-Sil 19CB capillary column as an extraction device. Low- and high-molecular weight PAHs were extracted effectively onto the capillary coating from 5% and 30% methanol solutions, respectively. The extracted PAHs were readily desorbed from the capillary by passage of the mobile phase, and no carryover was observed. Using the in-tube SPME HPLC-FLD method, good linearity of the calibration curve (r > 0.9972) was obtained in the concentration range of 0.05–2.0 ng/mL, and the detection limits (S/N = 3) of PAHs were 0.32–4.63 pg/mL. The in-tube SPME method showed 18–47 fold higher sensitivity than the direct injection method. The intra-day and inter-day precision (relative standard deviations) for a 1 ng/mL PAH mixture were below 5.1% and 7.6% (n = 5), respectively. This method was applied successfully to the analysis of tea products and dried food samples without interference peaks, and the recoveries of PAHs spiked into the tea samples were >70%. Low-molecular weight PAHs such as naphthalene and pyrene were detected in many foods, and carcinogenic benzo[a]pyrene, at relatively high concentrations, was also detected in some black tea samples. This method was also utilized to assess the release of PAHs from tea leaves into the liquor.     

应用超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱建立茶叶中农药残留的筛查与确证方法

基于超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱(UPLC-QTOF-MS),使用UNIFI软件建立91种农药残留的筛查与确证方法,进行定性方法验证并应用于流通市场中茶叶的筛查检测。通过对收集的农药认证标准物质(CRM)分析,构建91种农药化合物的质谱数据库。样品经乙腈提取,固相萃取柱净化,Acquity BEH C18色谱柱分离,在MS^E模式下进行全信息采集(ESI+), UNIFI软件对数据进行匹配分析。设置保留时间最大偏差为±0.1 min,精确质量偏差阈值为±5×10^-6,可识别加合物形式包括[M+H]⁺、[M+Na]⁺、[M+K]⁺、[M+NH₄]⁺。参照SANTE/11813/2017指南进行定性方法学验证。在21份茶叶样品中添加混合标准溶液至4个水平(0.01、0.05、0.10、0.20 mg/kg),确定每种农药在茶叶样品中的筛查检出限(SDL),共评估了1 911种农药/样品组合。发现有66种农药的SDL为0.01 mg/...     

Multi-residue analysis of pesticide residues in mangoes using solid-phase microextraction coupled to liquid chromatography and UV-Vis detection

A sensitive and efficient solid‐phase microextraction method, based on liquid chromatography and UV–Vis detection, was developed and validated as an alternative method for sample screening prior to LC‐MS analysis. It enables the simultaneous determination of ten pesticides in mango fruits. The fiber used was polydimethylsiloxane while optimum SPME conditions employed have been developed and optimized in a previous work. The desorption process was performed in static mode, using acetonitrile as a solvent. The results indicate that the DI‐SPME/HPLC/UV–Vis procedure resulted in good linear range, accuracy, precision and sensibility and is adequate for analyzing pesticide residues in mango fruits. The limits of detection (0.6–3.3 μg/kg) and quantification (2.0–10.0 μg/kg) were achieved with values lower than the maximum residue levels (MRLs) established by Brazilian legislation for all pesticides in this study. The average recovery rates obtained for each pesticide ranged from 71.6 to 104.3% at three fortification levels, with the relative standard deviation ranging from 4.3 to 18.6%. The proposed method was applied for the determination of the aforementioned compounds in commercial mango samples and residues of azoxystrobin, fenthion, permethrin, abamectin and bifenthrin were detected in the mango samples, although below the MRLs established by Brazilian legislation.     

A novel liquid chromatography-fluorescence method for the determination of delafloxacin in human plasma

Delafloxacin is a novel fluoroquinolone antibiotic that was approved by the European Medicine Agency to treat bacterial infections of the skin and underlying tissues, and community-acquired pneumonia. Despite being in the market since 2019 in the European Union, there is no published liquid chromatography-fluorescence method for delafloxacin quantification in biological samples. A novel, rapid, and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatographic method was developed to determine delafloxacin in human plasma using its native fluorescence. Plasma delafloxacin concentrations were determined by reverse-phase chromatography with fluorescence detection at 405/450 nm of excitation/emission wavelengths. Delafloxacin was separated on a Kromasil C18 column 250 × 4.6 mm id, 5 µm using isocratic elution. The mobile phase was a mixture of 0.05% trifluoroacetic acid/acetonitrile (52/48). Retention times were 5.4 and 11.6 min for delafloxacin and valsartan (internal standard), respectively. Regression calibration curves were linear over the range of 0.1–2.5 µg/mL. The lower limit of detection was 0.05 µg/mL, and the lower limit of quantification was 0.1 µg/mL. Accuracy and precision were always <11%, and the limit of quantification was <16%. Mean recovery was 98.3%. This method can be applied to determine delafloxacin in human plasma and could be useful to perform pharmacokinetic studies.     

A rapid spectrophotometric assay of some organophosphorus pesticide residues in vegetable samples

A rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method for the determination of some organophosphorus insecticides, i.e. malathion, dimethoate and phorate is described. It is based on the oxidation of organophosphorus pesticide with slight excess of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) and the unconsumed NBS is determined with rhodamine B (lambda max: 550 nm). Beer's law is obeyed in the concentration range 0.108-1.08, 0.056-0.56 and 0.028-0.28 microg mL(-1) for malathion, phorate and dimethoate, respectively. The method has been successfully applied for the determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues in various vegetable samples.