Optimization by orthogonal array design of solid phase extraction of organochlorine pesticides from water

Summary A two-level orthogonal array design (OAD) to optimize the solid phase extraction of organochlorine pesticides is described. Parameters including eluting solvents, SPE cartridges packed with C₁₈-bonded silica from different manufacturers, duration of air drying, pH, salinity and humic acid have been examined using OAD. This systematic approach was then used to optimize the relevant parameters required for off-line solid phase extraction of organochlorine pesticides from water. The optimized parameters were employed to perform extraction of the pesticides from natural waters.     

微波辅助萃取法测定烟草中有机氯类农药残留量

建立了一种微波辅助萃取-固相萃取净化测定烟草中17种有机氯类农药残留量的新方法. 样品用V(正己烷):V(乙酸乙酯)＝1:1提取, 提取液经Florisil固相萃取柱净化后, 采用气相色谱-电子捕获检测器(GC-μECD)进行检测. 17种有机氯农药的0.01、 0.05 mg/kg和0.5 mg/kg加标回收率均在82%以上, RSD在0.11%～8.2%之间, 能满足当前烟草中有机氯农药残留的检测要求.     

Ultrasonic solvent extraction of organochlorine pesticides from soil

Ultrasonic solvent extraction of the organochlorine pesticides (OCP) including α-, β-, γ- and Δ-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), heptachlor, aldrin, o,p′-DDE, dieldrin, p,p′-DDE, p,p′-DDT, methoxychlor, mirex from soil is reported. The extraction procedure was optimized with regard to the solvent type, amount of solvent, duration of sonication and number of extraction steps. Determination of pesticides was carried out by gas chromatography (GC) equipped with electron capture detection (ECD). Twice ultrasonic extraction using 25 mL of a mixture of petroleum ether and acetone (1/1 v/v) for 20 min of sonication showed satisfactory extraction efficiency. Recoveries of pesticides from fortified soil samples are over 88% for three different fortification levels between 15 and 200 μg kg⁻¹, and relative standard deviations of the recoveries are generally below 6%. Real soil samples were analyzed for OCP residues by optimized ultrasonic solvent extraction and shake-flask as well as soxhlet extraction technique. Investigated all extraction methods showed comparable extraction efficiencies. Optimized ultrasonic solvent extraction is the most rapid procedure because the use of time in ultrasonic extraction was considerably reduced compared to shake-flask and soxhlet extraction.     

Electrodeposited polyaniline as a fiber coating for solid-phase microextraction of organochlorine pesticides from water

The study on the performance of polyaniline as a fiber coating for solid-phase microextraction (SPME) purposes has been reported. Polyaniline coatings were directly electrodeposited on the surface of a stainless steel wire and applied for the extraction of some organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) from water samples. Analyses were performed using GC-electron capture detection (GC-ECD). The results obtained show that polyaniline fiber coating is suitable for the successful extraction of organochlorine compounds. This behavior is most probably due to the porous surface structure of polyaniline film, which provides large surface areas and allowed for high extraction efficiency. Experimental parameters such as adsorption and desorption conditions were studied and optimized. The optimized method has an acceptable linearity, with a concentration range of 1-5000 ng/L. Single fiber repeatability and fiber-to-fiber reproducibility were less than 12 and 17%, respectively. High environmental resistance and lower cost are among the advantages of polyaniline fibers over commercially available SPME fibers. The developed method was applied to the analysis of real water samples from Yangtse River and Tianmu Lake.     

Microwave assisted micellar extraction coupled with solid phase microextraction for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in soil samples

Microwave assisted micellar extraction (MAME) coupled with solid phase microextraction (SPME) and HPLC-UV determination have been used for the determination of five organochlorine pesticides from agricultural soil samples. A non-ionic surfactant, Polyoxyethlylene 10 Lauryl Ether was used, and the different variables for the optimization of MAME and SPME procedures were studied. This method was applied successfully to the determination of these pesticides in several kinds of agricultural soil samples with different characteristics. Most of the compounds studied can be recovered in good yields with R.S.D. lower than 9% and detection limit ranged between 56-96 ng g⁻¹ for the pesticides studied.     

Determination of selected persistent organochlorine pollutants in human milk using solid phase disk extraction and narrow bore capillary GC-MS

Summary A simple and rapid procedure based on solid phase disk extraction (SPDE), adsorption chromatography on acidified silica gel and GC-MS analysis was developed for the determination of 8 organochlorine pesticides and 19 PCB congeners in human milk. By using the SPDE procedure, a high throughput and parallel sample processing could be achieved. Method variables were optimized on whole cow's milk (3.5% fat) fortified at levels close to concentrations found in human milk. Recoveries of target analytes were acceptable and ranged from 69 to 102% and 86 to 120% for whole and skimmed milk, respectively. By the use of two stage clean-up and narrow bore capillary columns, detection limits as low as 20 pg mL⁻¹ could be obtained. The method was used for the determination of organochlorine pollutants in human milk from 19 individuals from Romania. The concentrations of PCBs were low, whereas those of organochlorine pesticides were higher than the values reported from other European countries.     

Determination of naproxen with solid substrate room temperature phosphorimetry based on an orthogonal array design

A solid substrate room temperature phosphorimetric method (SSRTP) for the determination of naproxen in pharmaceutical products was developed. The experimental conditions were optimized by a L₂₅ (5⁶) orthogonal array design (OAD) with five factors at five levels using statistical analysis. The five factors contained pH value of the sample solution, drying time (t_d) and drying temperature (T_d) of solid substrate paper in the oven, concentration (c_I⁻) of heavy atom (I⁻), and exposure time (t_e) of solid substrate paper after being dried. The pH value, t_d, c_I⁻ and t_e had significant influences on the measurement of phosphorescence intensity. The optimization for sample preparation improved greatly the analytical performance of SSRTP. Under the optimal conditions, naproxen can be determined in a linear range from 10 to 400 ng ml⁻¹ with a detection limit of 2.7 ng ml⁻¹ at 3σ. The method has been applied satisfactorily to the determination of naproxen in a commercial product.     

Determination of 21 organochlorine pesticides in tree leaves using solid-phase extraction clean-up cartridges

A method to determine 21 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in tree leaves [chestnut (Castanea sativa), hazel (Corylus avellana), oak (Quercus robur) and walnut tree (Juglans regia)] based on microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) followed by solid-phase extraction (SPE) clean-up is described. After extraction with hexane:acetone (50:50), four different sorbents (Florisil, tandem Florisil + alumina, silica and ENVI-Carb) were assayed for the clean-up step. Pesticides were eluted with 5 mL of hexane:ethyl acetate (80:20) and determined by gas chromatography and electron capture detection (GC-ECD). Carbon was the sorbent, which provided colourless eluates and chromatograms with less interferent compounds. Analytical recoveries obtained were ca. 100% for all the studied pesticides with this sorbent.     

Ultratraces analysis of organochlorine pesticides in drinking water by solid phase extraction coupled with large volume injection/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

This study describes an SPE coupled with large volume injection (LVI) analytical method for the analysis of organochlorine pesticides, BHC (alpha, beta, delta), aldrin, endosulfan (alpha, beta), endrin, dieldrin, and DDT, from aqueous samples. Determination was carried out by GC with MS. The LODs of organochlorine pesticides were determined at 10 ng/L concentration levels, and the results show that SPE-LVI-GC/MS has the potential to accurately determine organochlorine pesticides in water, as it avoids analyte classes in the various steps of a typical extraction procedure.     

Graphene as an efficient sorbent for the SPE of organochlorine pesticides in water samples coupled with GC–MS

The determination of organochlorine pesticides in water samples, which are harmful to humans, is very important for environmental risk assessment. Based on the excellent adsorption properties of graphene, an SPE coupled with GC–MS method for the monitoring of organochlorines (four hexachlorcyclohexanes and four dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes) was developed. Owing to the hydrophobic interaction and π–π stacking interaction between the analytes and graphene, the analytes quantitatively adsorbed onto the graphene‐based SPE cartridge were eluted by ethyl acetate for analysis. Several parameters influencing the analytical performance, such as the kind of elution, sample volume, reusability of the cartridge, have been investigated in detail. Under the optimal conditions, detection of limits of 1.95–9.38 ng/L, recoveries of 83.9–107.3% at two spiked concentration levels (0.1 and 10 ng/mL) and RSDs in the range of 2.9–7.4% for real water samples were obtained for all the analytes. This work reveals the great potential of graphene in sample preparation procedures.     

Determination of organochlorine pesticide residues by solid phase extraction and dual-column HRGC

Organochlorine pesticide residues have been extracted from samples of animal feed by a solid phase extraction clean-up procedure using an octadecyl-bonded column. The proposed method gave recoveries ranging from 70 to 100 % for ppb levels of the fifteeen pesticides studied. Analytes were identified by dual-column capillary gas chromatography employing DB-1 and DB-1701 columns in parallel; identities were confirmed by calculation of retention indexes with the cubic spline interpolation method.     

Screening, optimization and validation of microwave-assisted extraction for the determination of persistent organochlorine pesticides

In the present study, a microwave-assisted extraction method has been investigated for the extraction of persistent organochlorine pesticides from sediment in comparison to the classical Soxhlet extraction. The extraction procedure has been screened by a complete factorial design for statistically significant parameters. Thereafter, the identified parameters, composition of extraction solvent (mixtures of n-hexane-acetone), extraction temperature and time were optimized by a Box-Behnken design. Finally, the optimized microwave-assisted procedure has been validated by extraction of two different matrix reference materials, a sediment and a mallow powder. The data obtained for both materials were in good agreement with those obtained by Soxhlet extraction and published values. Special emphasis has been given to an accurate determination of p,p′-DDT, since DDT is known as instable during GC-injection. In order to evaluate the DDT-degradation, ¹³C₁₂-p,p′-DDT-solutions were analyzed and the degradation rates during GC-injection were calculated. Furthermore, ¹³C₁₂-p,p′-DDT was added to the sediment samples prior to extraction and the degradation rates during the optimization experiment have been investigated.     

On-line determination of organochlorine pesticides in water by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography with electron capture detection

This paper describes the extraction of 20 organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) from water samples using solid-phase microextraction (SPME). Three fused-silica fibers coated or bonded with polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) of different film thicknesses (20-, 30-, and 100-μm) were evaluated. The extraction time, the effects of stirring and addition of NaCl to the aqueous sample, the linear range and the precision of this technique, and the effect of carryover were examined for 20 analytes and are presented here. A comparison with results using conventional liquid-liquid extraction demonstrate that the SPME technique is well suited as a fast screening technique for OCPs in water samples.     

Nano-structured polyaniline-ionic liquid composite film coated steel wire for headspace solid-phase microextraction of organochlorine pesticides in water

A novel nano-structured polyaniline-ionic liquid (i.e. 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate, BMIPF(6)) composite (BPAN) film coated steel wire was prepared by electrochemical deposition. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the obtained porous BPAN coating consisted of nanofibers, whose diameter ranged from 50 to 80 nm. Furthermore, the novel nano-structured composite coating was very stable at relatively high temperatures (up to 350 °C) and it could be used for more 250 times without obvious decrease of the extraction efficiency. The novel BPAN coating was used for the headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) of organochlorine pesticides (i.e. hexachlorocyolohexane, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), coupled with gas chromatography-electron capture detection (GC-ECD). The BPAN coating showed better analytical capability on the whole compared with common polyaniline (PANI) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) coatings. The key parameters influencing extraction efficiency were investigated and optimized, including desorption time, stirring speed, extraction temperature, extraction time and ionic strength. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) for single fiber repeatability ranged from 2.3 to 8.7% (n=6) and the RSDs for fiber-to-fiber reproducibility (n=6) were 4.2-12.1%, respectively. The linear ranges exceeded three magnitudes with correlation coefficients above 0.99. The detection limits were 0.12-0.31 ng L(-1). The proposed method was successfully applied for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in lake water, waste water and sewage treatment plant effluent with good recoveries from 88.9 to 112.9%.     

Analysis of some organochlorine pesticides in seafood samples by solid-phase extraction—Gas chromatography

Summary The use of the solid-phase extraction technique for the rapid sample preparation of organochlorine pesticides is described. Samples were simultaneously extracted, cleaned, and fractionated by the solid-phase extraction method and a further separation and determination of extracted fractions was carried out by gas chromatography with either an electron capture or a Hall electrolytic conductivity detector. The percent recovery of the extracted seven pesticides was compared to that of the conventional liquid-liquid extraction method. The analytical figures of merit., chromatograms, and statistic data are reported. The application of this method was demonstrated by a real fish sample determination with mass spectra for confirmation of Kepone detection.     

Development of an analytical method based on microwave-assisted extraction and solid phase extraction cleanup for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in animal feed

A method to determine 21 organochlorine pesticides in animal feed samples using microwave assisted extraction and solid phase extraction cleanup was optimised regarding its main parameters. After extraction with hexane-acetone (50:50), three different sorbents (alumina/ENVI-Florisil, ENVI-Carb and ENVI-Carb II/PSA) were assayed for the cleanup step. Analytes were eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (80:20) and determined by gas chromatography and electron capture detection followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. ENVI-Carb and ENVI-Carb II/PSA provided colourless eluates but fewer interferent compounds were found in ENVI-Carb II/PSA chromatograms, so this system was selected to carry out the purification of the extracts. The analytical recoveries obtained with this method were close to 100% in most cases with relative standard deviations lower than 10%. These percentages were similar to those obtained with the Soxhlet extraction procedure, which shows the method suitable for the determination of organochlorine pesticides in animal feed material. The method was also validated with the analysis of a certified reference material (CRM-115 BCR), and the results obtained were in good accordance with the certified values.     

Retention behavior and solvent optimization of organochlorine pesticides in solid-phase extraction

Summary Plots of capacity factor and retention time vs. elution solvent composition were proved to be useful to interpret the retention behavior of Kepone and its metabolites in a reversed-phase solid-phase extraction and to optimize the elution solvent. The percent recovery of Kepone was largely improved when the solvent was optimized. The standard deviations of the results of extractions were also improved upon the optimization of the solvent.     

环境水样中9种三唑类农药的固相萃取-气相色谱-质谱分析

应用C18柱萃取/富集,NH2柱净化,气相色谱-质谱联用技术检测,建立了环境水样中9种三唑类农药同时分析的方法。9种目标农药在0.025～0.500 mg/L质量浓度范围内线性关系良好,方法的检出限为0.002～0.009 μg/L。以实际水样为基底,加标质量浓度为0.025 μg/L和0.100 μg/L时,9种目标农药的基底加标回收率和相对标准偏差(n=3)分别为68.4%～113.9%,1.6%～6.9%(河水)和70.3%～115.2%,0.8%～8.2%(海水)。该方法操作简单、灵敏度高、选择性好,符合多种农药残留分析的要求,并成功地应用于福建九龙江河口区表层水样中三唑类农药的残留状况调查。     

Determination of herbicides by solid phase extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in drinking waters

A solid phase extraction (SPE) method has been optimized for the gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) simultaneous determination of herbicides belonging to the following different families: carbamate (molinate), atrazines (atrazine, propazine, simazine, ametryne, cyanazine, terbutylazine, deethylterbutylazine, deethylatrazine), dinitroaniline (trifluralin, pendimethalin), chloroacetamide (alachlor, metolachlor). Different solid substrates have been compared (C18, cyano, styrene-divinylbenzene, phenyl, graphitic carbon). The type of conditioning and elution solvent, its volume, and the sample flow rate have been considered as variables affecting the recovery yields of the herbicides.The optimized experimental conditions are C18 phase conditioned with 3 mL acetone, loaded with 1 L water sample at 5 mL min⁻¹, and eluted with 3 mL acetone. Good recoveries (included between 79% and 99%) and R.S.D. (included between 2% and 12%) have been obtained for all analytes, except for deethylatrazine whose recovery was 46 ± 7%. The recovery of deethylatrazine increases up to 94 ± 17% if a non-porous graphitic carbon is coupled to the C18 phase, keeping the other parameters constant as optimized. The optimized method has been successfully checked for the identification and quantitation of the selected herbicides in raw and drinking water samples, with quantitation limits as low as 0.01 μg L⁻¹, fully in agreement with the current legislation. The method is easily routinable. After development, the method is currently routinely applied for the analysis of herbicides in waters and, up today, more than one thousand samples have been analysed at the “Laboratorio della Società Metropolitana Acque di Torino” (Laboratory of the Municipal Waterworks of Turin) in charge of the control of drinking water quality in Torino.     

Determination of pesticides in water samples by solid phase extraction and gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

A multiresidue method for the determination of more than 80 pesticides in water has been developed and validated. The proposed method is based on SPE followed by GC coupled to MS/MS. Different variables affecting SPE procedure, such as cartridges, sample volume and solvents were studied, and mass spectrometric conditions were optimised in order to increase selectivity and sensitivity. Calibration curves were linear over the range of 0.03-0.5 microg/L. Recoveries were in the range of 70-110% and repeatability was below 20% for the lowest calibration point. LODs ranged from 0.001 to 0.025 microg/L and LOQs from 0.003 to 0.076 microg/L. Finally, the method was successfully applied to the analysis of water samples from southeast of Spain.