A comparison of the effectiveness of QuEChERS, FaPEx and a modified QuEChERS method on the determination of organochlorine pesticides in ginseng

Autor: Hyo-Sub Lee, Jin Hyo Kim, Geun-Hyoung Choi, Pennante Bruce-Vanderpuije, Byung-Seok Kim, David Megson, Song-Hee Ryu, Sang-Won Park
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Insecticides
010501 environmental sciences
01 natural sciences
Ginseng
chemistry.chemical_compound
Limit of Detection
Agricultural Soil Science
Hydrocarbons
Chlorinated

Extraction Techniques
Multidisciplinary
Sulfates
Organic Compounds
Supercritical fluid extraction
Agriculture
Chemistry
Physical Sciences
Medicine
Agrochemicals
Endosulfan
Research Article
Science
Panax
Soil Science
Research and Analysis Methods
Quechers
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Ddt
Acetones
Hexanes
Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
Pesticides
Supercritical Fluid Extraction
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Detection limit
Chromatography
Organic Chemistry
010401 analytical chemistry
Extraction (chemistry)
Pesticide Residues
Chemical Compounds
Biology and Life Sciences
Pesticide
Hydrocarbons
0104 chemical sciences
chemistry
Earth Sciences
Salts
Pest Control
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 1, p e0246108 (2021)
PLoS ONE
Popis: This study provides a review of methods used in the determination of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in ginseng and compares the effectiveness of three extraction methods (Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe (QuEChERS), a modified QuEChERS and a Fast Pesticide Extraction (FaPEx)) in the analyses of 20 OCPs in ginseng root samples. For each method, sample mass, solvent volume and sorbent mass were varied to identify the optimum combination to effectively isolate analytes of interest from the complex sample matrix. Extracts were analyzed using the gas chromatography-μ-electron capture detector (GC-μ-ECD), and confirmatory analyses performed by gas chromatography-tandem-mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Eighteen out of 20 OCPs spiked onto in-house prepared ginseng samples produced acceptable recoveries (51–156%) when extracted using QuEChERS and FaPEx. All 20 analytes, including dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (p, p’- DDD) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (o, p’-DDT), produced acceptable recoveries (51–129%) with the use of a modified QuEChERS method. The applicability of the modified QuEChERS method was demonstrated through the analysis of ginseng samples grown in endosulfan-treated soil. The samples were analyzed by both GC-μ-ECD and GC-MS/MS with no significant difference identified in the results of each analytical method. This study highlights the applicability of the modified QuEChERS method, in combination with GC- μ-ECD, to determine organochlorine pesticides in ginseng. This may be especially useful for laboratories in developing countries and less advanced institutions without access to MS/MS instrumentation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE