PMID- 24491709 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140821 LR - 20191210 IS - 1873-7072 (Electronic) IS - 0308-8146 (Linking) VI - 153 DP - 2014 Jun 15 TI - A multi-residue method for the determination of pesticides in tea using multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a dispersive solid phase extraction absorbent. PG - 121-9 LID - S0308-8146(13)01886-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.031 [doi] AB - A modified QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method using multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) as a dispersive solid phase extraction (d-SPE) absorbent was established for analysis of 78 pesticide residues in tea. A 6 mg MWCNT sample was selected as the optimised amount based on the distribution of pesticide recoveries and clean-up efficiency from 6 mL acetonitrile extracts. The matrix effects of the method were evaluated and matrix-matched calibration was recommended. The method was validated employing gas chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS) at the spiked concentration levels of 0.05, 0.1 and 0.15 mg kg(-1). For most of the targeted pesticides, the percent recoveries range from 70% to 120%, with relative standard deviations (RSDs) <20%. The linear correlation coefficients (r(2)) were higher than 0.99 at concentration levels of 0.025-0.500 mg kg(-1). In this study, MWCNTs were proved to be a promising d-SPE absorbent with excellent cleanup efficiency, which could be widely applied for the analysis of pesticide residues. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Hou, Xue AU - Hou X AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China; Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, PR China. Electronic address: houxue127@163.com. FAU - Lei, Shaorong AU - Lei S AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China. FAU - Qiu, Shiting AU - Qiu S AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China. FAU - Guo, Lingan AU - Guo L AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China. FAU - Yi, Shengguo AU - Yi S AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China. FAU - Liu, Wei AU - Liu W AD - Center of Analysis and Testing, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu 610066, PR China. LA - eng PT - Evaluation Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131215 PL - England TA - Food Chem JT - Food chemistry JID - 7702639 RN - 0 (Nanotubes, Carbon) RN - 0 (Pesticide Residues) RN - 0 (Tea) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Food Contamination/*analysis MH - Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry MH - Nanotubes, Carbon/*chemistry MH - Pesticide Residues/chemistry/*isolation & purification MH - Solid Phase Extraction/instrumentation/*methods MH - Tea/*chemistry OTO - NOTNLM OT - GC-MS/MS OT - MWCNTs OT - PTV OT - Pesticide residues OT - QuEChERS OT - Tea EDAT- 2014/02/05 06:00 MHDA- 2014/08/22 06:00 CRDT- 2014/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2013/06/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/26 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/08/22 06:00 [medline] AID - S0308-8146(13)01886-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.031 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Chem. 2014 Jun 15;153:121-9. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.031. Epub 2013 Dec 15.