Capillary Electrophoretic Determination of Tetramethylthiuram Disulphide (Thiram)

SUMMARY

A simple and sensitive capillary electrophoretic method was developed for the separation and determination of Thiram in boric acid buffer by direct UV absorbance detection at λ = 254 nm. The separation behaviour of Thiram from Nabam was studied and it is dependent on pH and the nature of the buffer. The detection limit (S/N = 3) is 0.5 μg/ml for Thiram. The method was successfully applied to the analysis of wheat samples spiked with Thiram.