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JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 528-537Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jf048413x
Keywords
pesticides; carbamates; formetanate; carbendazim; thiabendazole; quantification; confirmation; standard addition; LC/ESI-MS/MS
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A liquid chromatography electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry (LC/ESI-MS/MS) method was developed and validated to quantify and confirm trace levels of 13 pesticides including aldicarb sulfoxide, aldicarb sulfone, oxamyl, methomyl, formetanate, 3-hydroxycarbofuran, carbendazim, thiabendazole, aldicarb, propoxur, carbofuran, carbaryl, and methiocarb in apple-based infant foods such as apple sauces, apples and strawberries, apples and blueberries, and apples and plums. Data acquisition under MS/MS was achieved by applying multiple reaction monitoring of two fragment ion transitions to provide a high degree of sensitivity and selectivity for both quantification and confirmation. LC/ESI-MS/MS quantitative results were significantly affected by matrices, and thus, the standard addition was employed to compensate for the matrix effects to achieve the best accuracy of the method. Recoveries of 13 pesticides, spiked at 5.0, 25.0, and 45.0 mug/kg, were around 100% using the LC/ESI-MS/MS standard addition. The method detection limits (S/N greater than or equal to 3:1) of 13 pesticides were less than 0.2 mug/kg.
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