Impact of sonolytic ozonation (O3/US) on degradation of pesticide residues in fresh vegetables and fruits: Case study of Faisalabad, Pakistan
Autor: | Muhammad Inam-Ur-Raheem, Muhammad Abdullah, Muhammad Rafique Asi, Aman Ullah Malik, Zarghona Siddique, Muhammad Iqbal |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Acoustics and Ultrasonics
Pesticides degradation QC221-246 Sonolytic ozonation Biology Acetamiprid Fruits and vegetables Inorganic Chemistry Toxicology chemistry.chemical_compound Imidacloprid Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous) Environmental Chemistry Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging QD1-999 Pesticide residue business.industry Carbendazim Organic Chemistry Acoustics. Sound food and beverages Pesticide Food safety Thiacloprid Chemistry chemistry Thiamethoxam business |
Zdroj: | Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Vol 79, Iss, Pp 105799-(2021) |
ISSN: | 1350-4177 |
Popis: | High pesticide residues in fresh produce is a serious food safety issue. This study was aimed at assessing the pesticides residues in some important vegetables and fruits marketed in Faisalabad, Pakistan and the impact of sonolytic ozonation (O3/US) treatment in removing these contaminants. From a short grower’s survey, five registered and mostly used pesticides (acetamiprid, carbendazim, imidacloprid, thiacloprid and thiamethoxam) were identified. A time optimization trial of O3/US application (05, 10 and 15 min) on okra, showed that 10 min treatment significantly reduced three identified chemicals (thiamethoxam 100 %, imidacloprid and thiacloprid 97.17 %), without any adverse effect on its quality. In follow up trial, five fresh vegetables (cauliflower, chillies, cucumber, spinach and tomato) three fresh fruits (grapes, guava and peach) collected from three markets of Faisalabad, were pooled together to have uniform samples. Vegetables and fruits were treated with O3/US for 10 and 6 min, respectively, along with control (simple tap wash) for determining the impacts on pesticides degradation. Samples were processed for extraction, clean up and analysis using HPLC-UV–Vis in isocratic mode. The data revealed the presence of five mentioned chemicals, with an accumulative mean residue of 9.006 and 1.921 µg/g in tested vegetables and fruits, respectively. After subjecting to O3/US, the accumulative chemical residues were reduced to 3.214 µg/g (64.313 %) and 1.064 (44.6 %) in treated vegetables and fruits respectively. Irrespective of fresh produce, the mean residues of thiamethoxam, imidachloprid, acetamiprid and thiachloprid and carbendazim were reduced by 99.3 %, 52.6 %, 65.2 %, 87.3 % and 72% respectively. It was concluded that sonolytic ozonation treatment was effective in significant reduction of pesticide residues from vegetables and fruits and thus can be employed as a good food safety practice at culinary level to reduce the associated health hazardous risks. |
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