Simple and Rapid Determination of Benzoylphenylurea Pesticides in River Water and Vegetables by LC–ESI-MS

Liquid chromatography with electrospray mass spectrometry (LC–ESI-MS) instrumentation equipped with a single quadrupole mass filter has been used to determine several benzoylphenylurea insecticides (diflubenzuron, triflumuron, hexaflumuron, lufenuron and flufenoxuron). Chromatographic and MS parameters were optimised to obtain the best sensitivity and selectivity for all pesticides. Solid-phase extraction (SPE) using C₁₈ cartridges was applied for preconcentration of pesticide trace levels in river water samples. Recoveries of benzoylphenylurea pesticides from spiked river water (0.01 and 0.025 μg L⁻¹) were between 73 and 110% and detection limits were between 3.5 and 7.5 ng L⁻¹. The applicability of the method to the determination of benzoylphenylurea insecticides in spiked cucumber, green beans, tomatoes and aubergines was evaluated. Samples were extracted into dichloromethane without any clean-up step. The limits of detection ranged from 1.0 to 3.2 ng mL⁻¹ (0.68 and 2.13 μg kg⁻¹ in the vegetable samples). Mean recoveries ranged from 79 to 114% at spiking levels of 0.01 and 0.03 mg kg⁻¹. The method was applied to determine traces of benzoylphenylureas in both river water and vegetable samples with precision values lower than 10%. Interferences due to the matrix effect were overcome using matrix-matched standards.     

Selection of SPE cartridge for automated solid-phase extraction of pesticides from water followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

In environmental analyses there is an ever-increasing need to develop simple and sensitive multi-residue methods. In many agricultural regions, there is particular concern of the potential for pesticides to enter rivers and other waterways. This study reports on the development and validation of a multi-residue method of analysis for 30 pesticides in water samples using solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by LC-MS/MS. The electrospray and MS/MS parameters were optimised for each pesticide, including capillary voltage, collision-induced dissociation voltage, and selection of a precursor ion and two product ions. A variety of SPE sorbents were tested for sample pre-concentration, including numerous polymeric based phases. Bond Elut PPL and Oasis HLB were the only phases capable of retaining the majority of the target analyte classes in a single method. An off-line pre-concentration method using a Gilson Aspec system was optimised using the Bond Elut PPL cartridges, with a concentration factor of 25 producing limits of quantitation in the order of 6–100 ng/L. Excellent linearity (r ² > 0.9), precision (<20%) and recovery (>60%) was obtained for nearly all of the analytes, covering a wide variety of chemical and physical properties. This is the first study to fully validate Bond Elut PPL cartridges for use in multi-residue pesticide analysis.     

固相萃取/高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时检测环境水样中24种农药残留

建立了一种固相萃取/高效液相色谱-串联质谱(SPE/HPLC-MS/MS)同时检测水体中24种农药的分析方法。样品用乙腈提取后,经固相萃取小柱富集净化。以乙腈-0.1%(体积分数)甲酸水溶液为流动相梯度洗脱,在电喷雾离子源正离子模式下(ESI+)采用多反应监测(MRM)模式检测。结果显示,24种农药在1~200μg/L范围内具有良好的线性关系,相关系数(r2)均不小于0.998,水样中3个添加水平(5、20、100μg/L)下的回收率为65.9%~127.8%,相对标准偏差(RSD)为0.7%~14.2%;方法检出限为0.05~0.71 ng/L。采用该方法对大连地区10个河流入海口及2个水库的水样进行了检测,12个站位的样品中共检出10种农药,质量浓度为0.2~558.3 ng/L。结果表明,所建立的SPE/HPLC-MS/MS方法高效、灵敏、可靠,可用于实际水体中多种农药的同时检测。     

Ultra-trace analysis of pesticides by solid-phase extraction of surface water with carbopack B cartridges, combined with large-volume injection in gas chromatography

Summary A method has been developed for determination of twenty-four polar pesticides—nine organophosphorus pesticides, thirteen organonitrogen compounds, and two triazine degradation products—in surface water. It entails extraction of the target pesticides from 1-L water samples by solid-phase extraction (SPE), then gas chromatography (GC) with large-volume (40 μL) injection. Filtered surface water, from the St Lawrence River in Canada and the River Loire and its tributaries in France, was extracted on cartridges filled with 500 mg Carbopack B (120–400 mesh). Analysis was performed by gas chromatography with a thermionic specific detector (GC-TSD) and a mass spectrometric (MS) detector. Overall percentage recoveries were satisfactory (>70%) for all target pesticides, with precision below 10%. Detection limits were between 0.5 and 4 ng L⁻¹.     

Simultaneous determination of endocrine disrupting phenolic compounds and steroids in water by solid-phase extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A solid-phase extraction (SPE)-gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectrometry (MS) analytical method for the simultaneous separation and determination of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from water samples is described in detail. Important and contrasting EDCs including estrone, 17beta-estradiol, 17beta-ethynylestradiol, 16beta-hydroxyestrone, 4-nonylphenol, bisphenol A and 4-tert-octylphenol were selected as the target compounds. The SPE technique, followed by the derivatisation with bis (trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide was used for the extraction recoveries of target compounds from water samples. A number of parameters that may affect the recovery of EDCs, such as the type of SPE cartridges, eluents, as well as water properties including pH value, and concentration of salts and humic substances were investigated. It is shown that the Oasis cartridges produced the best recoveries of target EDCs while ethyl acetate was efficient in eluting EDCs from SPE cartridges. The recovery of some EDCs was enhanced by the addition of salt, but reduced by the increase in pH value and humic acid concentration. The optimised method was further verified by performing spiking experiments in natural river water and seawater matrices, with good recovery and reproducibility for all the selected compounds. The established method was successfully applied to environmental water samples from East and West Sussex, UK, for the determination of the target EDCs.     

超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱法快速筛查辣椒粉中27种农药残留

建立了超高效液相色谱-四极杆-飞行时间质谱（UPLC-Q-TOF/MS）快速筛查辣椒粉中27种农药残留的检测方法。样品采用乙腈提取,经Carb/NH₂固相萃取小柱净化,用乙腈-乙酸乙酯（3：1,v/v）洗脱,电喷雾正离子模式检测。在一级质谱模式下,以目标物的保留时间、精确质量数、同位素分布和同位素丰度比定性,以准分子离子峰的峰面积定量。在Targeted MS/MS模式下,通过相应碰撞能量下的离子碎片信息进一步确证。27种化合物在各自的线性范围内线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.997。27种化合物的定量限为2.5~5.0 μg/kg,在3个添加水平下的回收率为72.3%~118.9%,相对标准偏差（RSD）为0.21%~12.7%（n=6）。该方法快速、灵敏、准确,适用于辣椒粉中多种农药残留的同时检测。     

固相萃取-三重串联四极杆气相色谱/质谱联用分析蔬菜中43种农药残留留

建立了气相色谱/三重四极杆串联质谱同时分析蔬菜中43种农药残留的方法。采用乙腈提取样品中待测组分,经固相萃取法(SPE)净化后采用气相色谱/三重四极杆串联质谱在多反应监测(MRM)模式下进行外标法定量测定。分别对青菜进行3个水平(10、80、200 μg/kg)的加标回收试验,其回收率为62.2%～170.0%,其中36种农药的回收率为70.0%～120.0%。方法的相对标准偏差(RSD)小于18%,定量限(LOQ)为0.3～4.4 μg/kg。该分析方法背景干扰低,灵敏度高,适合蔬菜中多种农药及杀虫剂残留的测定。     

Simultaneous determination of 64 pesticides in river water by stir bar sorptive extraction and thermal desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

A method for determining 68 pesticides in river water using stir bar sorptive extraction (SBSE)-thermal desorption (TD)-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is described. SBSE sampling was optimized for sample solution pH, salting-out and methanol addition. Although salting-out enhanced the ability of the method to extract most of the pesticides with low absolute recoveries, the absolute recoveries of four pesticides were not improved by salting-out. The detection limits of the method for the pesticides ranged from 0.2 to 20 ng/l. Analyte recoveries from a river water sample spiked with standards at 10 and 100 ng/l were 58.5–132.0% (RSD: 1.8–15.8%) and 61.0–121.3% (RSD: 1.4–20.2%), respectively.     

固相萃取-GC/MS法测定水样中20种有机氯农药

建立了用固相萃取小柱提取和净化、GC/MS定性定量同时测定水样中20种有机氯农药的方法。方法采用OasisHLB固相萃取小柱萃取富集水样,二氯甲烷洗脱,加入菲-d₁₀作为内标,利用GC/MS进行定性定量,步骤简便,线性响应良好,干扰小,方法检出限为0.21～0.72 ng/L（按水样1L计）,加标回收率为64.8%～122%,RSD为1.2%～11.0 %。成功利用该方法对广西实际河水样品进行了检测。结果表明方法可以同时满足环境水样中20种痕量有机氯农药的测定。     

Pesticide trace analysis using solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography with electron-capture and tandem mass spectrometric detection in water samples

Gas chromatography (GC) with electron-capture detection (ECD), mass spectrometry (MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) were employed for the identification of 12 pesticides in water samples. For this purpose, a solid-phase extraction procedure with C18 cartridges was used, optimising the breakthrough volume and the saturation concentration. In GC-MS-MS, the lowest detectable concentrations for the pesticides were between 2 and 26 ng l(-1), recoveries ranged from 70 to 133% in water samples spiked at 100 ng l(-1) and the relative standard deviations were in the range 5.3 to 17.4%. The proposed analytical methodology was applied to analyse pesticides in wetland samples from Almería (Spain).     

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。     

Analysis of Polar Thermally Labile Pesticides using Different Solid-Phase Extraction (SPE) Materials with GC and HPLC Techniques

Abstract

In the present study, an efficient method for extraction, separation and determination of a limited number (30) of polar pesticides in aqueous matrices has been developed. Pesticides were extracted with high recoveries (usually >85%) from 1 L water samples, using the solid-phase extraction (SPE) technique. Affinities to different SPE materials (C-18 and XAD resins) have been studied for all pesticides. Special attention has been paid to the following 5 pesticides (which have classified by the EC as compounds which are particularly difficult to analyse): benazolia, bromofenoxim, ethofumesate, fenamiphos and phenmediphain. Thermally labile compounds have been determined with high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) and UV detection in comparison to TSP-LC-MS. Absolute limits of detection (LODs) for the HPLC technique are usually below 1 ng at 220 nm. Thermospray LC-MS determination shows usually limits of detection of 1-10 ng (SCAN) and 60-800 pg (SIM). All pesticides, which are amenable to GC have been detected in a comparative study with the following detectors: flame ionization detector (FID), nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD), electron capture detector (ECD) and atomic emission detector (AED). Element-specific detection of various functional groups of these pesticides has been achieved using GC-AED. Thus, while the FID has the lowest specificity, the AED is the most specific detector. LODs are usually < 300 pg (FID < 20 pg, NPD < 1 pg, ECD < 1 pg, AED < 300 pg). Spiked river water samples (from the River Leine and River Weser in Lower Saxony, Germany) have been used to test the employed method. With the spiked surface water samples recoveries were usually >80%.     

超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定土壤中239种农药的残留量

建立了超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法(UPLC-MS/MS),可于10 min内快速测定土壤中的239种农药残留。土壤样品经AOAC (Association of Official Analytical Chemists) QuEChERS方法处理,用乙腈萃取;无水硫酸镁、乙酸钠固液分离后,过0.2 μm滤膜;在UPLC-MS/MS正、负离子同步扫描多反应监测模式下进行分析。239种农药中,线性相关系数(r²)大于0.99的有236个,占总数的99%。在40 μg/kg添加水平下所有被检测农药的回收率均在50%~150%之间,且相对标准偏差(RSD)均小于20%;其中有209种农药的回收率达到70%~120%,有161种的RSD小于10%。方法的检出限(LOD)范围为0.69~29.04 μg/kg。土壤中多种农药残留的同时检测要求时间短、准确度和精密度高,本方法符合这些检测要求,适用于土壤中农药残留的检测。     

Assessment of the occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in a Mediterranean wetland (L'Albufera, Valencia, Spain) by LC-MS/MS

The distribution of 17 pharmaceuticals between water and the solid phase (sediments and soils) was studied by utilizing solid-phase extraction (SPE) and liquid chromatography?Ctandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Two extraction procedures for soils and sediments, prior to the SPE, one based on pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) with hot water and the other on methanol/water ultrasonic extraction, were compared. Absolute recoveries were 71.2?C99.3% [relative standard deviation (RSD) <21.4%)] for water, and the method detection limits (MDLs) ranged from 0.3 to 10?ng?L^?1. Recoveries were 35.4?C105.3% (RSDs <19.1%) and 42.1?C97.8% (RSDs <14%) for soil and sediment samples, respectively, using PLE and 20.2?C86.5% (RSDs <25.1%) and 30.3?C97.4% (RSDs <19.1%) using ultrasonic extraction. Fifteen of the 17 pharmaceuticals were present in the L??Albufera water at concentrations up to 17???g?L^?1. Oxytetracycline and tetracycline were not detected. In sediments, only tetracycline, norfloxacin and diclofenac were not found. The other studied pharmaceuticals were present in the range from less than the method quantification limit (MQL) to 35.83?ng?g^?1. Among the 17 target compounds, ofloxacin, ciprofloxacin, norfloxacin, trimethoprim, clofibric acid and diclofenac were not detected in soil samples. The average concentrations ranged from less than the MQL for ibuprofen to 34.91?ng?g^?1 for tetracycline. These results indicate that pharmaceuticals could survive the wastewater treatment processes, which could lead to their dissemination in water environments.     

Simultaneous determination of selected endocrine disrupters (pesticides,phenols and phthalates) in water by in-field solid-phase extraction (SPE) using the prototype PROFEXS followed by on-line SPE (PROSPEKT) and analysis by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionisation-mass spectrometry

In this study, a new procedure, based on on-line solid-phase extraction (SPE) and analysis by liquid-chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APCI-MS), has been developed for the simultaneous, multianalyte determination of 21 selected pesticides, phenols and phthalates in water. SPE was carried out on polymeric PLRP-s cartridges by percolating 20 mL-samples. For sample preconcentration, the performance of a prototype programmable field extraction system (PROFEXS) was evaluated against the commercial laboratory bench Prospekt system used for method development. The Profexs is designed for the automated on-site sampling, SPE preconcentration, and storage of up to 16 samples in SPE cartridges. These cartridges are further eluted and on-line analyzed with the Prospekt coupled to the chromatographic system. In the optimized method, where completely on-line SPE-LC-MS analysis of the samples is carried out with the Prospekt in the laboratory, detection limits lower than 100 ng/L, and satisfactory precision (relative standard deviations <25%) and accuracies (recovery percentages >75%) were obtained for most investigated compounds from the analysis of spiked Milli-Q water. The extraction efficiency achieved with the Profexs was comparable to that of the Prospekt for most compounds and somewhat lower for the most apolar analytes, probably due to adsorption on the pump filters. The completely on-line optimized method was applied to the analysis of surface water, ground water and drinking water from a waterworks in Barcelona. Some pesticides and phenols were found in both surface water and groundwater at ng/L or µg/L levels, but not in the final drinking water. Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) was present in all samples investigated, including blanks. To the author's knowledge, this is the first work describing the application of a fully automated on-line SPE-LC-MS method for the simultaneous analysis of pesticides, phenols, and phthalates in water, and the second one that examines the possibilities of the prototype Profexs for automated on-site SPE preconcentration of organic pollutants from water samples.     

Analysis of priority pesticides and phenols in Portuguese river water by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Summary The determination of selected pesticides and phenols in Portuguese river water samples was carried out from April to September, 1999. The method involved 200 mL samples taken by offline, solid phase extraction by OASIS polymeric cartridges followed by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure, chemical ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-APCI-MS). Recoveries of pesticides were 50–96% and 72–120% for the Platform and HP 1100 instruments, respectively. Chlorophenols gave recoveries of 60–91%. Triazines and transformation products like desethylatrazine (DEA) and desisopropylatrazine (DIA) and compounds such as diuron and chlorophenols were positively identified by LC-APCI-MS. The levels detected of the different compounds varied from 0.01–2.61 μg L⁻¹, the most frequently detected compounds being, atrazine, simazine, terbuthylazine, alachlor, metolachlor, Irgarol, diuron, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, desisopropylatrazine and desethylatrazine.     

Evaluation of the QuEChERS sample preparation approach for the analysis of pesticide residues in olives

This paper describes the use of a quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged, and safe (QuEChERS) method for extraction and cleanup of 16 pesticide residues of interest in olives and olive oil. These products contain a high lipid content, which can adversely affect pesticide recoveries and harm traditional chromatographic systems. For extraction, the main factors (oil and water content) were studied and optimized in experiments to maximize pesticide recoveries. Dispersive SPE with different sorbents was also investigated to minimize matrix coextractives and interferences. For analysis, a new automated DSI device was tested in GC-MS to avoid nonvolatile coextractives from contaminating the instrument. LC-MS/MS with positive ESI was used for those pesticides that were difficult to detect by GC-MS. The final method was validated for olives in terms of recoveries, repeatabilities, and reproducibilities using both detection techniques. The results demonstrated that the method achieved acceptable quantitative recoveries of 70-109% with RSDs < 20% for DSI-GC-MS and 88-130% with RSDs < 10% for LC-MS/MS, and LOQ at or below the regulatory maximum residue limits for the pesticides were achieved.     

Determination of residues of 446 pesticides in fruits and vegetables by three-cartridge solid-phase extraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

A method was developed for determination of residues of 446 pesticides in fruits and vegetables through the use of cleanup by a 3-cartridge solid-phase extraction-gas chromatography/ mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Fruit and vegetable samples (20 g) were extracted with 40 mL acetonitrile, salted out, and centrifuged. Half of the supernatant was passed into an Envi-18 cartridge, eluted with acetonitrile, and cleaned up with Envi-Carb and aminopropyl Sep-Pak cartridges in series after concentration of the eluates. Pesticides were eluted with acetonitrile-toluene (3 + 1, v/v), and eluates were concentrated to 0.5 mL and then added into internal standards after solvent exchange with 2 mL hexane and used for determination of 383 pesticides by GC/MS. The other half of the supernatant was concentrated to 1 mL and cleaned up with Envi-Carb and aminopropyl Sep-Pak cartridges in series. Pesticides were eluted with acetonitrile-toluene (3 + 1, v/v), and the eluates were concentrated to 0.5 mL, dried with nitrogen gas, diluted to 1.0 mL with acetonitrile-water (3 + 2, v/v), and used for determination of 63 pesticides by LC/MS/MS. The limit of detection for the method was 0.2-600 ng/g depending on the individual pesticide. In the method, fortification recovery tests at high, medium, and low levels were conducted on 6 varieties of fruits and vegetables, i.e., apples, oranges, grapes, cabbage, tomatoes, and celery, with average recoveries falling within the range of 55.0-133.8% for 446 pesticides, among which average recoveries between 60.0-120.0% accounted for 99% of the results. The relative standard deviation was between 2.1-39.1%, of which a relative standard deviation of 2.1-25.0% made up 96% of the results. Experiments proved that the method was applicable for determination of residues of 446 pesticides in fruit and vegetables.     

蔬果中12种残留农药的亚临界水萃取研究

利用亚临界水可以定量萃取基质中绝大部分化合物的特点,借助加速溶剂萃取仪(ASE)将亚临界水萃取与固相吸附联用,通过在ASE萃取池中填加C18吸附层的方式改进了萃取吸附模式,优化了萃取温度,研究了亚临界水在萝卜、香瓜、苹果和白菜等蔬果基质中对异稻瘟净等12种农药的萃取效果,用气相色谱-串联质谱法(GC-MS/MS)进行检...     

高效液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定牛奶和奶粉中的青霉素类药物及其主要酶解代谢产物

建立了液相色谱-串联质谱法同时测定牛奶和奶粉中4种青霉素(青霉素G、青霉素V、阿莫西林、氨苄西林)及其4种 β-内酰胺酶酶解产物(青霉素G脱羧噻唑酸、青霉素V脱羧噻唑酸、阿莫西林脱羧噻唑酸、氨苄西林脱羧噻唑酸)残留的方法。样品采用乙腈-水提取,浓缩后经HLB柱净化,用液相色谱-串联质谱检测,外标法定量。结果表明,青霉素原药在4~200 μg/L,酶解产物在10~500 μg/L范围呈良好线性,线性相关系数均大于0.99;样品检出限为5~50 μg/kg(S/N≥3),定量限为8~100 μg/kg(S/N≥10);对牛奶和奶粉样品分别进行3个水平的加标回收实验(n=6),牛奶中青霉素及其酶解产物的平均回收率为83.48%~96.97%,相对标准偏差为3.86%~10.87%;奶粉中青霉素及其酶解产物的平均回收率为82.70%~95.14%,相对标准偏差为3.02%~9.81%。该方法稳定、可靠,适用于牛奶和奶粉中青霉素类药物及其酶解代谢产物的测定。