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Multiresidue method for determination of organophosphorus pesticides in vegetables
G P Molinari1, S Cavanna, B Ferroni
1Istituto di Chimica Agraria ed Ambientale, Facoltà di Agraria, Piacenza, Italy.
Food Additives and Contaminants
|November 26, 1998
Abstract:
A multiresidue method for the analysis of 14 organophosphorus pesticides has been developed for the rapid control of residues in vegetables before processing. The residues were extracted in ethyl acetate; the extracts were dried, purified using an Extrelut 20 column and, after concentration, analysed by gas chromatography with a nitrogen phosphorus detector. Recoveries performed in asparagus, beans, French beans, spinach, peas and zucchini at three fortification levels were over 77% for all pesticides except dementon-S-methyl (70%) and omethoate (52%).