scholarly journals Determination of Malathion, Coumaphos, and Fluvalinate Residues in Honey by Gas Chromatography with Nitrogen–Phosphorus or Electron Capture Detectors

2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Urania Menkissoglu-Spiroudi ◽  
Grigorios C Diamantidis ◽  
Vassiliki E Georgiou ◽  
Andreas T Thrasyvoulou

Abstract A rapid, reliable, and inexpensive extraction method was developed to determine acaricide residues in honey by gas chromatography (GC) with nitrogen–phosphorus (NP) or electron capture (EC) detectors. Because of the high selectivity of the NP detector, no interfering peaks were present and no cleanup was necessary. A simple cleanup step is proposed for the GC–ECD analysis. Recoveries from spiked honey samples ranged from 79 to 94.4%, with coefficients of variation of 0.3–18.5%. The quantitation limit obtained was 0.015 mg/kg for malathion, 0.020 mg/kg for coumaphos, and 0.005 mg/kg for fluvalinate. The method was used to determine the disappearance of malathion and coumaphos residues from honey samples collected from beehives treated with these acaricides. The disappearance of both acaricides was rapid and followed a first-order model for the duration of the experiment.

1991 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. 830-835 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia M Gilvydis ◽  
Stephen M Walters

Abstract An interlaboratory study of the determination of captan, folpet, and captafol in tomatoes, cucumbers, and apples was conducted by 4 laboratories using wide-bore capillary column gas chromatography with electron capture detection. The 3 fungicides were determined using the Luke et al. multlresidue method modified to Include additional solvent elutlon in the optional Florisll column cleanup step used with this method. The crops were fortified with each fungicide at 3 levels per crop. Mean recoveries ranged from 86.2% for a 25.1 ppm level of captan in apples to 115.4% for a 0.288 ppm level of captafol In apples. Interlaboratory coefficients of variation ranged from 3.4% (24.7 ppm folpet) to 9.7% (0.243 ppm captafol) for tomatoes; from 2.8% (2.0 ppm captafol) to 8.2% (24.8 ppm captan) for cucumbers; and from 1.5% (0.234 ppm folpet) to 22.1% (0.266 ppm captafol) for apples.


2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 1225-1228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeliki Tsigouri ◽  
Urania Menkissoglu-Spiroudi ◽  
Andreas T Thrasyvoulou ◽  
Grigorios C Diamantidis

Abstract A simple, rapid, and accurate method is described for the determination of residual fluvalinate in beeswax. The procedure consists of partitioning on a disposable column of diatomaceous earth (Extrelut®), followed by chromatographic cleanup on a Florisil cartridge. The final extract is analyzed by capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detection (GC–ECD). Briefly, wax samples were dissolved in n-hexane, and the solutions were sonicated and transferred to Extrelut columns. The fluvalinate was extracted with acetonitrile, and a portion of the extract was cleaned up on a Florisil cartridge. The fluvalinate was eluted with diethyl ether–n-hexane (1 + 1) and directly determined by GC–ECD. Recoveries from wax samples spiked at 5 fortification levels (100–1500 μg/kg) ranged from 77.4 to 87.3%, with coefficients of variation of 5.12–8.31%. The overall recovery of the method was 81.4 ± 3.2%, and the limit of determination was 100 μg/kg.


1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (6) ◽  
pp. 1423-1427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Garcia-Repetto ◽  
Isabel Garrtoo ◽  
Manuel Repetto

Abstract A multiresidue analytical method is described for determining 6 pesticides in wine: chlorpyrifos, dimethoate, quinalphos, simazine, tetradifon, and endosulfan. Wine (200 mL) is extracted with dichloromethane (50 mL, 3 times), and the evaporated extracts are purified by silica gel chromatography. Pesticide residues are eluted with n-hexane, n-hexane-benzene (1 + 1), benzene, benzene–acetone (1 + 1), and acetone. Residues are determined by gas chromatography with nitrogen–phosphorus and electron capture detection, using CPSH-5CB, Carbo wax-20M, and CPSH-19CB columns. Recoveries of pesticides added at 0.025 μg/L were 83–97%, with standard deviations of 0.01–0.05%. Detection limits were 0.13–8.9 ng/L, except for simazine (36.7 μg/L). Results are compared with those obtained with a solid-phase extraction (C18) purification and with different eluant series.


1981 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1210-1212 ◽  
Author(s):  
H E Hurst ◽  
D R Jones ◽  
C H Jarboe ◽  
H deBree

Abstract The antidepressant drug clovoxamine can be specifically and sensitively quantitated in human plasma by electron capture gas chromatography. Clovoxamine and the internal standard fluvoxamine are extracted into ethyl acetate from plasma at pH 12, back-extracted into phosphoric acid, and hydrolyzed at 90 degrees C to form ketone derivatives, which are then re-extracted into hexane for injection into the chromatograph. As little as 1 microgram of clovoxamine per liter of plasma can be measured. The coefficients of variation (CV) for th analysis at concentrations of 10 and 100 micrograms/L are respectively: within-run, 5.4% and 2.7%; between-run, 17.5% and 7.0%. When this assay was applied to plasma from individuals involved in an early clinical trial of clovoxamine, steady-state plasma concentrations ranged from 50 to 77 micrograms/L 3 h after a 50-mg oral dose of clovoxamine fumarate.


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