PMID- 18558137 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20080717 LR - 20171116 IS - 1873-4324 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2670 (Linking) VI - 620 IP - 1-2 DP - 2008 Jul 14 TI - Homogeneous liquid-liquid extraction combined with gas chromatography-electron capture detector for the determination of three pesticide residues in soils. PG - 162-9 LID - 10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.021 [doi] AB - In this study, a new method was developed for analyzing malathion, cypermethrin and lambda-cyhalothrin from soil samples by using homogeneous liquid-liquid extraction (HLLE) and gas chromatography with electron capture detector (GC-ECD). Acetone was used as extraction solvent for the extraction of target pesticides from soil samples. When the extraction process was finished, the target analytes in the extraction solvent were rapidly transferred from the acetone extract to carbon tetrachloride, using HLLE. Under the optimum conditions, linearity was obtained in the range of 0.05-40 microg kg(-1) for malathion, 0.04-10 microg kg(-1) for lambda-cyhalothrin and 0.05-50 microg kg(-1) for cypermethrin, respectively. Coefficients of correlation (r(2)) ranged from 0.9993 to 0.9998. The repeatability was carried out by spiking soil samples at concentration levels of 2.5 microg kg(-1) for lambda-cyhalothrin, and 10 microg kg(-1) for malathion and cypermethrin, respectively. The relative standard deviations (RSDs) varied between 2.3 and 9.6% (n=3). The limits of detection (LODs), based on signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) of 3, varied between 0.01 and 0.04 microg kg(-1). The relative recoveries of three pesticides from soil A1, A2 and A3 at spiking levels of 2.5, 5 and 10 microg kg(-1) were in the range of 82.20-91.60%, 88.90-110.5% and 77.10-98.50%, respectively. In conclusion, the proposed method can be successfully applied for the determination of target pesticide residues in real soil samples. FAU - Wang, Xuedong AU - Wang X AD - School of Environmental Science and Public Health, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325035, China. zjuwxd@yahoo.com.cn FAU - Zhao, Xinna AU - Zhao X FAU - Liu, Xiujuan AU - Liu X FAU - Li, Yanyan AU - Li Y FAU - Fu, Lingyan AU - Fu L FAU - Hu, Jia AU - Hu J FAU - Huang, Changjiang AU - Huang C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20080520 PL - Netherlands TA - Anal Chim Acta JT - Analytica chimica acta JID - 0370534 RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 0 (Soil) RN - 0 (Solvents) RN - CL2T97X0V0 (Carbon Tetrachloride) SB - IM MH - Carbon Tetrachloride MH - Chromatography, Gas/*methods MH - *Electrons MH - Molecular Structure MH - Organic Chemicals/chemistry MH - Pesticide Residues/*analysis/*chemistry MH - Soil/*analysis MH - Solvents/chemistry EDAT- 2008/06/19 09:00 MHDA- 2008/07/18 09:00 CRDT- 2008/06/19 09:00 PHST- 2008/04/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/05/12 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2008/05/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/06/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/07/18 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2008/06/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0003-2670(08)00941-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chim Acta. 2008 Jul 14;620(1-2):162-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2008.05.021. Epub 2008 May 20.