Removal of pesticide residues from apple and tomato cuticle

Autor: Melis Yalçın, Nalan Turgut, Cengiz Gökbulut, Serhan Mermer, Sait C. Sofuoğlu, Vinaya Tari, Cafer Turgut
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30:15821-15829
ISSN: 1614-7499
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-23269-1
Popis: Pesticide residues are always an unsolved problem in the world despite all kinds of prevention measures. The present research work is based on a scientific hypothesis, i.e., "The removal of average pesticide residue is inversely proportional to the thickness of cuticle." The effects of boron-containing products and plant-based surfactants were tested for the removal of five pesticides (lambda-cyhalothrin, chlorpyrifos, diflubenzuron, metaflumizone, acetamiprid) on tomatoes and apples. Boron-containing products were able to remove the pesticide residues on average between 58.0 and 72.6% in tomatoes and 33.2-58.8% in an apple. While plant-based surfactants removed residues on average between 58.5 and 66.6% in tomatoes and 41.0-53.2% in an apple. The highest removal rate was 72% with etidot at 1%. The solution of 1% C8-C10 provided 66.6% average removal for tomatoes. Less removal was achieved in apples. For an apple, Log K
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