PMID- 20869505 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110112 LR - 20240109 IS - 1873-4324 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2670 (Linking) VI - 678 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Sep 23 TI - Simultaneous determination of pyrethrins residues in teas by ultra-performance liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. PG - 56-62 LID - 10.1016/j.aca.2010.08.015 [doi] AB - A sensitive and effective method for the simultaneous quantitative determination of pyrethrin residues in teas was developed and validated using ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS). The six major constituents of the pyrethrins (pyrethrin I and II, jasmolin I and II, and cinerin I and II) were successfully separated and independently confirmed in a single run within approximately 5 min. The multi-residue analysis of pyrethrins in teas involved simply extraction with acetonitrile, clean-up using a multilayer solid phase extraction cartridge, and subsequent separation by a hydrophilic end-capped Aquasil C18 columns with detection by tandem mass spectrometry using an electrospray ionization source in positive mode (ESI+). Recovery studies were carried out at three spiked levels (0.05, 0.1, 0.5 mg kg(-1)). The overall average recoveries using this method in green teas and black teas at the three concentration levels ranged from 76.15% to 101.86% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) in the range of 2.71-12.93% (n=5) for all analytes. The limits of detections (LODs) were below 0.009 mg kg(-1), which were lower than the maximum residue limits (MRLs) of 0.5 mg kg(-1) in tea samples established by the European Union legislations in 2008, while the limits of quantification (LOQ) did not exceed 0.03 mg kg(-1). This study provides a theoretical basis for China to draw up MRLs for pyrethrins in teas. CI - Copyright (c) 2010. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Lu, Caihong AU - Lu C AD - Key Laboratory of Pesticide Chemistry and Application, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China. FAU - Liu, Xingang AU - Liu X FAU - Dong, Fengshou AU - Dong F FAU - Xu, Jun AU - Xu J FAU - Song, Wencheng AU - Song W FAU - Zhang, Changpeng AU - Zhang C FAU - Li, Yuanbo AU - Li Y FAU - Zheng, Yongquan AU - Zheng Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20100820 PL - Netherlands TA - Anal Chim Acta JT - Analytica chimica acta JID - 0370534 RN - 0 (Bridged Bicyclo Compounds) RN - 0 (Insecticides) RN - 0 (Pyrethrins) RN - 0 (Tea) RN - 0 (cinerin A) RN - 0 (cinerin B) RN - T018I9EQOL (pyrethrin I) SB - IM MH - Bridged Bicyclo Compounds/analysis/isolation & purification MH - Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid/*methods MH - Insecticides/*analysis/isolation & purification MH - Pyrethrins/*analysis/isolation & purification MH - Solid Phase Extraction MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Tea/*chemistry EDAT- 2010/09/28 06:00 MHDA- 2011/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2010/09/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/04/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/08/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/08/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/09/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/09/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/01/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S0003-2670(10)01017-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aca.2010.08.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chim Acta. 2010 Sep 23;678(1):56-62. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2010.08.015. Epub 2010 Aug 20.