scholarly journals Comparison of Cleanup Techniques for Simple Method for Analysis of Selected Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues in Molluscs

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Félix Hernández ◽  
Roque Serrano ◽  
Joaquim Beltran ◽  
Francisco J López

Abstract A simple method for determination of 5 organo phosphorus pesticides (dimethoate, chlorfenvin phos, chlorpyrifos, methidathion, and phosmet) in molluscs (Mytilus galloprovincialis and Venus gallina) was developed, with special attention to cleanup. Organophosphorus pesticides were extracted with acetonitrile-acetone (90 + 10, v/v) in a high-speed blender. Two cleanup procedures were used to defat extracts prior to injection into a gas chromatograph: liquid-liquid partition with acetoni trile-hexane and adsorption column chromatography with silica gel. The latter was more efficient for elimination of fat and fractionation of pesticides with different polarities. Limits of detection of the overall procedure including extraction and cleanup ranged from 0.2 to 1 ng/g. Quantitative recoveries for pesticide concentrations ranging from 1 to 10 000 ng/g were obtained.

1978 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-135
Author(s):  
Yukio Saito ◽  
Hiroshi Sekita ◽  
Mitsuharu Takeda ◽  
Mitsuru Uchiyama

Abstract An analytical method was developed for determining benzo (a) pyrene in foods, suitable for routine use. The method consists of 4 cleanup steps: (1) alkali cleavage of sample, (2) preliminary silica gel column chromatography, (3) selective extraction with concentrated sulfuric acid, and (4) further silica gel column chromatography. Recoveries of benzo- (a) pyrene added to 50 g (or 10 g) food at levels of 0.4 ppb (or 2 ppb) ranged from 70% for short-necked clam and mackerel to 85% for chicken meat. The sulfuric acid extraction step affords a simple method for isolating benzo (a)- pyrene from various kinds of interfering substances which could not be separated by existing methods.


1990 ◽  
Vol 73 (5) ◽  
pp. 770-772
Author(s):  
Masatake Toyoda ◽  
Kazuhiko Adachi ◽  
Tadakazu Ida ◽  
Katsuhiko Noda ◽  
Norio Minagawa

Abstract A simple method for determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues at the parts per million level In milk was developed. Pesticide residues were extracted with acetonitrlle added to aqueous milk, fat was removed by zinc acetate addition and dichloromethane partition, and analytes were concentrated and analyzed by wide-bore capillary column gas chromatography. Recoveries of 6 pesticides spiked in milk samples at levels of 0.1 and 1.0 μg/mL were 82.1- 93.8% and 79.7-96.6%, respectively. Triplicate samples spiked with 6 pesticides at 1 itg/mL were analyzed independently by 3 laboratories. Average recoveries were greater than 80%, and the mean coefficients of variation for the complete study were 2.9% for diazlnon, 5.4% for dimethoate, 4.6% for malathlon, 4.6% for parathlon, 4.9% for EPN, and 6.1% for phosalone.


1987 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 442-445
Author(s):  
Robert L Brown ◽  
Clinton N Farmer ◽  
Roderick G Millar

Abstract Optimum conditions have been developed for the quantitative recovery of coumaphos from animal fat by using a commercial sweep codistillation unit. Under the conditions specified (255°C distillation temperature, 250 mL/min of nitrogen, 60 min sweep time) and using Florisil trapping, the mean recovery of coumaphos was 91% with a coefficient of variation of 6%. Other organophosphorus pesticides recovered include diazinon, chlorpyrifos, ethion, and bromophos-ethyl with recoveries ranging from 90 to 96% and coefficients of variation ranging between 4 and 6%.


1984 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 798-800
Author(s):  
Kazuhiko Adachi ◽  
Nobuyuki Ohokuni ◽  
Takao Mitsuhashi

Abstract A rapid and simple method is developed for the determination of organophosphorus pesticides in unpolished rice. The new method incorporated acetonitrile-water (1 + 1) extraction, removal of fats by zinc acetate, and further cleanup on an activated charcoal chromatographic column. The higher fatty acids in the extract react rapidly with zinc acetate to form insoluble zinc carboxylates, which precipitate. Additional interferences were cleaned up on an activated charcoal chromatographic column, and organophosphorus pesticides adsorbed on the activated charcoal were eluted with acetone-hexane. Dimethoate is not retained on the activated charcoal and must be extracted with dichloromethane from the first acetonitrile-water eluate. Pesticides are measured by flame photometric gas chromatography. Recoveries from 50 g unpolished rice samples fortified with 5-50 μg diazinon, 6-30 μg parathion, 8-40 μg fenitrothion and IBP, 10-50 μg dimethoate and fenthoate, 20-100 μg malathion, or 40-200 μg EPN ranged from 75.7 to 95.8%.


2013 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kiljanek ◽  
Alicja Niewiadowska ◽  
Stanisław Semeniuk

Abstract A method for simultaneous determination of 13 organophosphorus pesticide residues in milk samples has been developed and validated. The method is based on the extraction of the sample with acetone and petroleum ether, cleanup by gel permeation chromatography, and solid phase extraction, and determination by gas chromatography with flame photometric detection. The recovery, investigated by analysing blank milk samples spiked with azinphos, chlorfenvinphos, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, diazinon, fenitrothion, methacrifos, methidathion, parathion-methyl, pyrazophos, and triazophos at concentrations of 10, 20, and 30 μg/kg, and with parathion and pirimiphos-methyl at concentrations of 25, 50, and 75 μg/kg, ranged from 73.1% to 106.2%. Performance characteristics, such as repeatability and within-laboratory reproducibility expressed as coefficient of variation were less than 20%. Measurement uncertainty was lower than 22% for all validated organophosphorus pesticides. The limits of quantification were 10 μg/kg for all compounds and allowed determination of residues at, or even below, the maximum residue limits set by the European Union. The satisfactory z-score results of international proficiency tests confirm good accuracy, reproducibility, and reliability of the developed method.


1981 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 714-719
Author(s):  
Louis J Carson

Abstract The method of Storherr et al. for organophosphorus pesticide residues in nonfatty foods has been modified to permit its use in analyzing the composites of nonfatty foods in the Food and Drug Administration Total Diet Program. Modifications were designed to permit the examination by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) of the larger weight (100 mg) of sample equivalent required by the Total Diet program. To achieve a limit of quantitation of 2 ppb parathion, the organophosphorus pesticides are determined by GLC equipped with flame photometric detector (P-mode) and/or KCl thermionic detector. Recovery data, ranging from 70 to 133%, are presented for fortification (2-10 ppb) of organophosphorus pesticides in 7 nonfatty food Total Diet composites. The modified Storherr method was successfully tested in an intralaboratory method trial of 2 Total Diet composites (potatoes and legumes) fortified at 5-13 ppb with malathion, parathion, paraoxon, and monocrotophos. In addition, the modified Storherr method was compared to existing FDA Total Diet methodology for the determination of incurred organophosphorus residues. Residue levels found by both methods were similar for malathion (30 ppb), parathion (7 ppb), and diazinon (1 ppb), but only the modified Storherr method was capable of determining about 10 ppb dimethoate and phorate in the cereals and grains composite.


1975 ◽  
Vol 58 (6) ◽  
pp. 1286-1293
Author(s):  
Yoichi Aoki ◽  
Mitsuharu Takeda ◽  
Mitsuru Uchiyama

Abstract Several extraction methods are compared for the simultaneous analysis of organophosphorus pesticides in unpolished rice. Four stationary phases were used for the subsequent gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) determination of the selected pesticides. Using 3 different GLC columns, 11 pesticides were completely separated and identified. The efficiency of the cleanup and the sensitivity of the analytical method were evaluated by using powdered unpolished rice samples fortified with the pesticides and also wheat and dried bean samples. Average recoveries ranged from 74.7% for disulfoton to 97.4% for malathion in unpolished rice and from 68.1% for disulfoton to 108.3% for malathion in other crops. The method described is applicable to the analysis of selected organophosphorus pesticide residues in unpolished rice, wheat, buckwheat, and dried beans.


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