PMID- 21720119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111125 LR - 20191112 IS - 1882-1006 (Electronic) IS - 0015-6426 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 3 DP - 2011 TI - Determination of carbendazim, thiophanate, thiophanate-methyl and benomyl residues in agricultural products by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. PG - 148-55 AB - A simple and reliable liquid chromatographic-tandem mass spectrometric (LC-MS/MS) method was developed for carbendazim (MBC), thiophanate (TE), thiophanate-methyl (TM) and benomyl (BM) in agricultural products. These compounds were extracted from agricultural products with methanol after addition of sodium L-ascorbate. BM was hydrolyzed to MBC during the extraction with methanol. TE and TM were cyclized to ethyl 2-benzimidazole carbamate (EBC) and MBC by refluxing at 120 degrees C for 30 min with copper acetate in 50% acetic acid. MBC and EBC were cleaned up by an n-hexane wash and extraction with ethyl acetate and determined by LC-MS/MS. The mean recoveries from 10 agricultural products were in the range of 75.8-100.0%, and the relative standard deviations of 5 experiments were in the range of 1.5-9.2% at concentrations equal to the maximum residue limits (MRLs). The calibration curves were made by using commercial MBC and EBC as reference analytical standards without refluxing. The quantification limits were 0.01 mg/kg (as MBC), which is the uniform limit in the positive list system for agricultural chemical residues in foods in Japan. FAU - Nakamura, Munetomo AU - Nakamura M AD - Japan Food Research Laboratories, Nagayama,Tama-shi, Tokyo. nakamuram@jfrl.or.jp FAU - Furumi, Yasuko AU - Furumi Y FAU - Watanabe, Fumiko AU - Watanabe F FAU - Mizukoshi, Kazushi AU - Mizukoshi K FAU - Taniguchi, Makoto AU - Taniguchi M FAU - Nemoto, Satoru AU - Nemoto S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Japan TA - Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi JT - Shokuhin eiseigaku zasshi. Journal of the Food Hygienic Society of Japan JID - 0142214 RN - 0 (Benzimidazoles) RN - 0 (Carbamates) RN - 0 (Fungicides, Industrial) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 5Q0Y96D5I8 (Thiophanate) RN - H75J14AA89 (carbendazim) RN - TLW21058F5 (Benomyl) SB - IM MH - Benomyl/*analysis MH - Benzimidazoles/*analysis MH - Carbamates/*analysis MH - Chromatography, Liquid/*methods MH - Crops, Agricultural/*chemistry MH - Fungicides, Industrial/*analysis MH - Pesticide Residues/*analysis MH - Tandem Mass Spectrometry/*methods MH - Thiophanate/*analysis EDAT- 2011/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/13 00:00 CRDT- 2011/07/02 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/13 00:00 [medline] AID - JST.JSTAGE/shokueishi/52.148 [pii] AID - 10.3358/shokueishi.52.148 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Shokuhin Eiseigaku Zasshi. 2011;52(3):148-55. doi: 10.3358/shokueishi.52.148.