PMID- 16314159 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060222 LR - 20131121 IS - 0021-9673 (Print) IS - 0021-9673 (Linking) VI - 1098 IP - 1-2 DP - 2005 Dec 9 TI - Analysis of pesticides in fruits by pressurized liquid extraction and liquid chromatography-ion trap-triple stage mass spectrometry. PG - 37-43 AB - A multi-residue method using pressurized liquid extraction (PLE) and liquid chromatography-quadrupole ion trap-triple stage mass spectrometry (LC-IT-MS(3)) has been developed for determining trace levels of pesticides in fruits. The selected pesticides can be distinguished in: benzimidazoles and azoles, organophosphorus, carbamates, neonicotinoids, and acaricides. PLE has been optimized to extract these pesticide residues from oranges and peaches by studying the effect of experimental variables on PLE efficiency. Samples were extracted at high temperature and pressure (75 degrees C and 1500psi) using ethyl acetate as extraction solvent and acidic alumina as drying agent. The recoveries obtained by PLE ranged from 58% to 97% and the relative standard deviation (RSDs) from 5% to 19%. The limits of quantification (LOQs) of the compounds were from 0.025 to 0.25mgkg(-1), which are well-below the maximum residue limits (MRLs) established by the European Union (EU) and the Spanish legislations. FAU - Blasco, Cristina AU - Blasco C AD - Laboratori de Bromatologia i Toxicologia, Facultat de Farmacia, Universitat de Valencia, Av. Vicent Andres Estelles s/n, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. cristina.blasco@uv.es FAU - Font, Guillermina AU - Font G FAU - Pico, Yolanda AU - Pico Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050908 PL - Netherlands TA - J Chromatogr A JT - Journal of chromatography. A JID - 9318488 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 0 (Azoles) RN - 0 (Benzimidazoles) RN - 0 (Carbamates) RN - 0 (Organophosphorus Compounds) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 0 (Pesticides) RN - 76845O8NMZ (ethyl acetate) RN - LMS11II2LO (Anabasine) SB - IM MH - Acetates/chemistry MH - Anabasine/analogs & derivatives/analysis MH - Azoles/analysis MH - Benzimidazoles/analysis MH - Carbamates/analysis MH - Chromatography, Liquid/*methods MH - Fruit/*chemistry MH - Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Organophosphorus Compounds/analysis MH - Pesticide Residues/analysis MH - Pesticides/*analysis MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - Sensitivity and Specificity MH - Temperature EDAT- 2005/11/30 09:00 MHDA- 2006/02/24 09:00 CRDT- 2005/11/30 09:00 PHST- 2004/12/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/08/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/08/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/11/30 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/02/24 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/11/30 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9673(05)01683-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.08.037 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Chromatogr A. 2005 Dec 9;1098(1-2):37-43. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2005.08.037. Epub 2005 Sep 8.