PMID- 28946322 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171116 LR - 20181202 IS - 1873-7072 (Electronic) IS - 0308-8146 (Linking) VI - 240 DP - 2018 Feb 1 TI - Determination of acetamiprid, imidacloprid, and spirotetramat and their relevant metabolites in pistachio using modified QuEChERS combined with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. PG - 634-641 LID - S0308-8146(17)31330-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.foodchem.2017.08.012 [doi] AB - A QuEChERS based methodology was developed for the simultaneous identification and quantification of acetamiprid, imidacloprid, and spirotetramat and their relevant metabolites in pistachio by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for the first time. First, sample extraction was done with MeCN:citrate buffer:NaHCO(3) followed by phase separation with the addition of MgSO(4):NaCl. The supernatant was then cleaned by a primary-secondary amine (PSA), GCB, and MgSO(4). The proposed method provides a linearity in the range of 5-200microgL(-1), and the linear regression coefficients were higher than 0.99. LOD and LOQ were obtained to be 2 and 5microgkg(-1) for the studied insecticides, respectively, with the exception of imidacloprid-olefin (5 and 10microgkg(-1)). Acceptable recoveries (91-110%) were obtained for all the analytes with good intra- and inter-precisions (0.4>/=RSD