Multiresidue determination of pesticides in honey by matrix solid-phase dispersion and gas chromatography with electron-capture detection

A multiresidue method was developed for the determination of 15 pesticides (organochlorines, organophosphorus compounds, pyrethroids, and other acaricides) in various commercial honeys (eucalyptus, lavender, orange, rosemary, and multifloral). The analytical procedure is based on the matrix solid-phase dispersion of honey in a mixture of Florisil and anhydrous sodium sulfate; the mixture is placed in small plastic columns and extracted with hexane-ethyl acetate (90 + 10, v/v). The pesticide residues are determined by capillary gas chromatography with electron-capture detection. Recoveries with the method at concentrations between 0.15 and 1.5 μg/g ranged from 80 to 113%, and relative standard deviations were <10% for all the pesticides studied. The pesticide detection limits were within the range 0.5-5 μg/kg for organo-chlorines, around 3 μg/kg for the chlorinated organophosphorus pesticides studied, near 15 μg/kg for fluvalinate, and about 3 μg/kg for the other pyrethroids.

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Main Authors: Albero Romano, María Beatriz, Sánchez-Brunete, C., Tadeo Lluch, José Luis
Format: artículo biblioteca
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2001
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12792/5582
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/290478
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