Evaluating the presence of pesticides in bananas: An integrative review.

Autor: Gomes HO; Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, R. Cel. Antonio Luis 1161, 63105000, Crato, CE, Brazil., Menezes JMC; Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, R. Cel. Antonio Luis 1161, 63105000, Crato, CE, Brazil; Science and Technology Center, Federal University of Cariri, Av. Ten Raimundo Rocha 1639, 63048080, Juazeiro do Norte, CE, Brazil., da Costa JGM; Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, R. Cel. Antonio Luis 1161, 63105000, Crato, CE, Brazil., Coutinho HDM; Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, R. Cel. Antonio Luis 1161, 63105000, Crato, CE, Brazil. Electronic address: hdmcoutinho@gmail.com., Teixeira RNP; Department of Biological Chemistry, Regional University of Cariri, R. Cel. Antonio Luis 1161, 63105000, Crato, CE, Brazil., do Nascimento RF; Department of Physical Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Federal University of Ceará, R. Humberto Monte S/N, 60455700, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ecotoxicology and environmental safety [Ecotoxicol Environ Saf] 2020 Feb; Vol. 189, pp. 110016. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110016
Abstrakt: Introduction: Pesticides are organic compounds widely used in modern agriculture, being relevant for helping plantations and increasing food production. The banana, a fruit with oriental origin, stands out for being widely produced in tropical and subtropical regions which, like other matrices, is susceptible to pest action. This review aims to evaluate the presence of pesticides in bananas according to Brazilian, European and Codex legislation.
Methods: Four databases, ScienceDirect, SciELO, PubMed and Springer, were used to find relevant articles in the literature addressing methods for the determination of pesticide residues in bananas using the terms "banana", "chromatography", "pesticides" and "determination". The search stages included reading abstracts and titles, reading the full text, extracting data and analyzing data from eligible articles. The search was restricted to original research articles published in English from 2008 to 2018.
Results: 404 articles were found from the initial research, with only 15 studies being considered eligible for this review. Mass spectrometry is the most widely used detection technique. 5 articles were seen to use a multiresidue method to analyze only bananas (pulp), and from these, only 2 studies used methods to analyze the pulp and peel. The articles analyzed 172 samples, with 59.3% of these being conducted in Europe, 32.5% being conducted in Asia and only 8.1% in South America. A total of 79.1%, 32.4% and 42.6% of samples were unsatisfactory according to the Brazilian, European and Codex legislation, respectively, with these samples being contaminated with pesticide residues.
Conclusion: This review presents the scarcity of articles aimed at identifying pesticide residues in bananas and the urgency of checking the quality of the fruit that reaches the population. The MRLs allowed by different legislations have clear divergences that do not ensure the lowest concentration values that guarantee consumer safety.
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