Establishment of an Analytical Method for Prometryn Residues in Clam Using GC-MS
2013
Chae, Y.S., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea | Cho, Y.J., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea | Jang, K.J., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea | Kim, J.Y., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea | Lee, S.M., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea | Chang, M.I., Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Republic of korea
We developed a simple, sensitive, and specific analytical method for prometryn using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Prometryn is a selective herbicide used for the control of annual grasses and broadleaf weeds in cotton and celery crops. On the basis of high specificity, sensitivity, and reproducibility, combined with simple analytical operation, we propose that our newly developed method is suitable for use as a Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Korea) official method in the routine analysis of individual pesticide residues. Further, the method is applicable in clams. The separation condition for GC-MS was optimized by using a DB-5MS capillary column (30 m×0.25 mm, 0.25 μm) with helium as the carrier gas, at a flow rate of 0.9 mL/min. We achieved high linearity over the concentration range 0.02-0.5 mg/L (correlation coefficient, r 20.998). Our method is specific and sensitive, and has a quantitation limit of 0.04 mg/kg. The average recovery in clams ranged from 84.0% to 98.0%. The reproducibility of measurements expressed as the coefficient of variation (CV%) ranged from 3.0% to 7.1%. Our analytical procedure showed high accuracy and acceptable sensitivity regarding the analytical requirements for prometryn in fishery products. Finally, we successfully applied our method to the determination of residue levels in fishery products, and showed that none of the analyzed samples contained detectable amounts of residues.
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