PMID- 21831431
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120224
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1090-2414 (Electronic)
IS  - 0147-6513 (Linking)
VI  - 74
IP  - 8
DP  - 2011 Nov
TI  - Assessment of pesticide residues in commonly used vegetables in Hyderabad, 
      Pakistan.
PG  - 2299-303
LID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.030 [doi]
AB  - The aim of present study was to assess pesticide residues in vegetables in the 
      Hyderabad region of Pakistan. The concentrations of six pesticides were 
      determined by gas chromatography coupled with mass selective detector (GC-MSD) in 
      locally produced vegetables purchased from wholesale markets. A total of 200 
      samples of eight vegetables viz. cauliflower, green chilli, eggplant, tomato, 
      peas, bitter gourd, spinach and apple gourd were analyzed for pesticide residues. 
      The results indicated that almost all samples were contained pesticides, only 39% 
      contained pesticide residues at or below maximum residue limits (MRLs), and 61% 
      contained pesticide residues above MRLs. From the six analyzed pesticides, 
      carbofuran and chlorpyrifos were found above to MRLs with concentrations ranging 
      from 0.01-0.39 and 0.05-0.96 mg/kg, respectively. The results provided important 
      information on the current pesticide contamination status of some commonly used 
      vegetables and pointed an urgent need to control the use of some excessively 
      applied and potentially persistent pesticides, such as carbofuran and 
      chlorpyrifos.
CI  - Copyright A(c) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Latif, Yawar
AU  - Latif Y
AD  - National Centre of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry, University of Sindh, 
      Jamshoro 76080, Pakistan.
FAU - Sherazi, S T H
AU  - Sherazi ST
FAU - Bhanger, M I
AU  - Bhanger MI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110809
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf
JT  - Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
JID - 7805381
RN  - 0 (Pesticide Residues)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - JCS58I644W (Chlorpyrifos)
SB  - IM
MH  - Capsicum/chemistry
MH  - Chlorpyrifos/analysis
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Humans
MH  - Solanum lycopersicum/chemistry
MH  - Malus/chemistry
MH  - Pakistan
MH  - Pesticide Residues/*analysis
MH  - Risk Assessment
MH  - Soil Pollutants/*analysis
MH  - Vegetables/*chemistry
EDAT- 2011/08/13 06:00
MHDA- 2012/03/01 06:00
CRDT- 2011/08/12 06:00
PHST- 2010/09/10 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/06/30 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/07/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/08/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/08/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/03/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0147-6513(11)00217-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.030 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2011 Nov;74(8):2299-303. doi: 
      10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.07.030. Epub 2011 Aug 9.