Journal
JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A
Volume 1217, Issue 15, Pages 2248-2253Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2010.02.018
Keywords
Ultrasound-assisted; emulsification-extraction; Pyrethroid analysis; Water analysis; Mass spectrometry
Funding
- European Union [505428]
- Spanish Ministry of Education and Science [CTM2005-25168-E, CGL2007-64551/HID]
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A simple, efficient and environmentally friendly analytical methodology is proposed for extracting and preconcentrating pyrethroids from water samples prior to gas chromatography-negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry (GC-NCI-MS) analysis. Fourteen pyrethroids were selected for this work: bifenthrin, cyfluthrin, X-cyhalothrin, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, esfenvalerate, fenvalerate, fenpropathrin, T-fluvalinate, permethrin, phenothrin, resmethrin, tetramethrin and tralomethrin. The method is based on ultrasound-assisted emulsification-extraction (UAEE) of a water-immiscible solvent in an aqueous medium. Chloroform was used as extraction solvent in the UAEE technique. Target analytes were quantitatively extracted achieving an enrichment factor of 200 when 20 mL aliquot of pure water spiked with pyrethroid standards was extracted. The method was also evaluated with tap water and river water samples. Method detection limits (MDLs) ranged from 0.03 to 35.8 ng L-1 with RSDs values <= 3-25% (n = 5). The coefficients of estimation of the calibration curves obtained following the proposed methodology were >0.998. Recovery values were in the range of 45-106%, showing satisfactory robustness of the method for analyzing pyrethroids in water samples. The proposed methodology was applied for the analysis of river water samples. Cypermethrin was detected at concentration levels ranging from 4.94 to 30.5 ng L-1. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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